Difference between revisions of "Prorhinotermes inopinatus"

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Isoptera
Familia: Rhinotermitidae
Genus: Prorhinotermes

Name

Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri 1909: 287–288.
• Prorhinotermes manni Snyder 1925^[1]: 399 (synonymized by Snyder 1949^[2]: 86).
• Prorhinotermes solomonensis Snyder 1925^[1]: 400 (synonymized by Snyder 1949^[2]: 86).

Material examined

Syntype: TONGA: Niua Fo’ou (as Insulae Samoa, Ninafoon) (B. Friedländer) (AMNH). Other material: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang: Bunapas road, 26.vi.1981 (JMP), with neotenic reproductives (#PNGT111); Road Bogia-Tangu km 10, 07.vii.1981 (JMP) (#PNGT129); Potsdam, 18.iv.1983 (YR) (#PNGT325); Nubia, 18.v.1983 (YR) (#PNGT354); Sepen No.1, 29.x.1983 (YR), with nymphs and neotenics (#PNGT426); Bunapae, 12.vi.1984 (YR) (#PNGT687); Bunapae, 23.vii.1984 (YR), with queen in dead wood (#PNGT749); Potsdam, 24.vii.1984 (YR), with neotenics (#PNGT754); Hansa point, 05.ix.1984 (YR) (#PNGT808); Tabele (Manam Is.), 19.ix.1984 (YR) (#PNGT840); Laing Island, 06.ii.1985 (JMP & YR), with alates and neotenics (#PNGT857); Nubia, 25.v.1986 (YR), two colonies, the former dissected completely, with two primary queens and one neotenic male, and nymphs (#PNGT1012, 1013); Potsdam, 03.vi.1986 (YR), two colonies, the latter with many alates (#PNGT1019, 1020); Sepen No.1, 06.vii.1986 (YR) (#PNGT1035); Nubia, 12.vii.1986 (YR), two small colonies (#PNGT1039, 1040); Road Potsdam-Makarup km?, 30.viii.1987 (YR) (#PNGT1137); Sepen No.1, 26.iv.1988 (YR), with two neotenic females (#PNGT1192); Laing Island, 12.iii.1989 (ML), in log on sea shore, with alates (#PNGT1405); Hatzfeldthafen, 20.v.1983 (YR) (#PNGT362); Tabobo, 23.ii.1983 (JMP & YR), with royal pair (#PNGT219); Yagaum Hospital, 07.ii.1983 (JMP & YR), with neotenics (#PNGT149); Yagaum Hospital, 12.iv.1983 (YR), two colonies, the former with alates (#PNGT310, 311); Yagaum Hospital, 13.v.1983 (YR) (#PNGT346); Baitabag, xi.1999 (L. Čižek) (#12, J. Šobotník’s collection). Morobe: 21 km NW Lae, 08.xii.1962 (AE), from log on ground in lowland forest (AMNH); Lae, 11.xii.1962 (P. Aloma & AE), rather wet log on forest floor in Botanic Garden (AMNH); 5 km S Lae, 21.xii.1962 (P. Aloma), 2 samples in mangrove branches and stump in water (AMNH); 8 km NW Lae, 27.xii.1962 (AE) (AMNH); 32 km NW Lae (Markham road), 27.xii.1962 (AE), in standing dead tree on edge of Pandanus forest (AMNH); 32 km SW Lae, 29.xii.1962 (AE), in sago forest (AMNH); Oomsis, 24.v.1988 (YR) (#PNGT1241); Sandaun: Yapsiei, 12.iii.1994 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1753); Fly: Tabubil, 20.v.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1539); Nomad, 29.v.1990 (YR & ML), two colonies, the former with neotenics (#PNGT1608, 1612); Nomad, 01.vi.1990 (YR & ML), (#PNGT1635). INDONESIA: Papua: Pusppenssat-IrJa, 13–15.xi.1995 (YR), three colonies, the first two with neotenics (#IRJT16, 27, 44); Pusppenssat-IrJa, 18.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT76); road Nabire-Mapia km 43, 26.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT172); Pusppenssat-IrJa, 01.xii.1995 (YR) (#IRJT213). Kaimana, 23.xi.1995 (YR), in dead log on limestone hill (#IRJT145).

Imago

(Fig. 85). Head slightly rounded, covered by about 10 setae. Eyes variable in size. Pronotum with large setae mainly situated on the edges. Measurements (mm) of 12 imagoes from 2 colonies: TBL: 4.38–6.72; HLC: 1.09–1.33; HWE: 1.20–1.47; PL: 0.65–0.81; PW: 1.09–1.27; FWL: 6.67–8.42; ED: 0.24–0.37.

Soldier

(Figs 84, 86–87). Head slightly elongated, covered by about 15 setae. Eyes of medium size. Pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum long and wide. Abdomen covered by 6 to 12 long setae per segment. Large mandibles, slightly curved at tip. Measurements (mm) of syntype and 94 soldiers from 32 colonies (parentheses): HLC: 1.79 (1.39–1.85); HLL: 2.02 (1.65–2.16); HW: 1.10 (1.13–1.53); PL: 0.56 (0.45–0.69); PW: 1.17 (0.86–1.24); RML: 1.22 (0.95–1.40); MPW: 0.51 (0.37–0.57); T3L: 1.35 (1.02–1.48).

Distribution

(Fig. 93). This species occurs throughout New Guinean forests, or forested swamps (Roisin 1988b^[3]). It also occurs in Northern Australia (Gay and Barrett 1983^[4]), the Solomons, Santa Cruz, Fiji, Samoa, Ellice and Mariana Islands (Hill 1942^[5]) and Vanuatu (Roisin et al. 2011^[6]).

Taxon Treatment

• Bourguignon, T; Roisin, Y; 2011: Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea ZooKeys, 148: 55-103. doi

Other References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Snyder T (1925) New termites from the Solomon Islands and Santa Cruz Archipelago. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 15: 395-407.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Snyder T (1949) Catalog of the Termites (Isoptera) of the World. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 490 pp.
3. ↑ Roisin Y (1988b) Morphology, development and evolutionary significance of the working stages in the caste system of Prorhinotermes (Insecta, Isoptera). Zoomorphology 107: 339-347. doi: 10.1007/BF00312217
4. ↑ Gay F, Barrett R (1983) The occurrence in Australia of Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of the Australian entomological Society 22: 75-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1983.tb01845.x
5. ↑ Hill G (1942) Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. C.S.I.R., Melbourne, 479 pp.
6. ↑ Roisin Y, Corbara B, Delsinne T, Orivel J, Leponce M (2011) Termites in Santo: lessons from a survey in the Penaoru area. In: Bouchet P Guyader H Pascal O (Eds) The Natural History of Santo. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle / IRD éditions / Pro-Natura International, Paris, France. Patrimoines naturels 70: 128-130.

Images

Figures 84–87. Prorhinotermes inopinatus. Soldier: 84 head; 86 left mandible; 87 right mandible. Imago: 85 head and pronotum. Scale bars: 84, 85: 0.5mm; 86, 87: 0.2mm.  Figure 93. Known distribution in New Guinea of: ∗ Prorhinotermes inopinatus; ◆ Termitogeton planus.