Nasutitermes matangensis
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Ordo: Isoptera
Familia: Termitidae
Genus: Nasutitermes
Name
Nasutitermes matangensis (Haviland) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Termes matangensis Haviland, 1898, pp. 427–428.
- Eutermes (Eutermes) matangensiformis: Holmgren 1913[1], p. 185.
- Eutermes (Eutermes) matangensis: Holmgren 1913-14[2], pp. 26–265.
- Eutermes (Eutermes) matangensis: John 1925[3], p. 398.
- Nasutitermes matangensis: Snyder 1949[4], p. 287.
- Nasutitermes matangensis: Ahmad 1958[5], p. 147(key).
- Nasutitermes matangensis: Thapa 1981[6], pp. 312–315.
- Nasutitermes matangensis: Tho 1992[7], p. 159.
Material examined
Syntype:Soldiers, Termes matangensis, Sarawak, Coll. G. D. Haviland. BMNM No. 358. (Ex. Dundee) (Nasutitermes). Other material: SYK2006-KSNP-0017, 0023, 0025, 0041. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 300 m altitude, Sungai Manau, Merangin, Jambi; SYK1999&2001-L-1039, 1040, 1042, 1043, 1045, 3080. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 1,000–1,400 m altitude, Kemiri Mountain, Southeast Aceh; SYK2007-UGDT-0010, 0063–70. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 900 m altitude, Ulu Gadut, Padang, West Sumatra; SYK2007-SRSR-0005, 0040, 0063, 0066, 0632. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, <100 m altitude, Siberut Tengah, Mentawai, West Sumatra; SYK2007-SBRT-0016, 0034, 0039, 0046, 0047, 0060, 0070, 0080. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, <100 m altitude, Simabuggei, Siberut Island, Mentawai, West Sumatra; SYK2001-S-0128, 0030. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 200 m altitude, Aceh Besar; SYK2006-SB-0001–04, 0044, 0045, 0050, 0051. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, <100 m altitude, Sabang, Weh Island, Aceh; SYK1999-L-1062. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 300 m altitude, Ketambe, Southeast Aceh; SYK2006-AL-0901. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 30 m altitude, Maestong, Sungai Batang Hari, Jambi; SYK2002-NIAS-0111. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, <100 m altitude, Gunung Sitoli, Nias Island, North Sumatra; SYK2002-PRP-0100. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 900 m altitude, Toba Lake, Parapat, North Sumatra; SYK2007-LP-0093. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 1100 m altitude, Sumber Jaya, Kota Bumi, Lampung; SYK2007-LBAN-0004, 0012. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 600 m altitude, Lembah Anai, Tanah Datar, West Sumatra; SYK2005&2006-RKT-0002, 0004, 0006, 0007, 0009–0021, 0033–40, 0042–48, 0050, 0055, 0056, 0058, 0059, 0061–0063, 0065, 0066, 0072. Soldiers and workers, <10–300 m altitude, Rakata island, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2005&2006-ANK-0040, 0041, 0043, 0139, 0144–46, 0148, 0149, 0151, 0154, 0155, 0277–79, 0301, 0302. Soldiers and workers, <100 m altitude, Anak Krakatau, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2005&2006-PJG-0073–0083, 0092–0095, 0137, 0138, 0141, 0142, 0147, 0150–0153, 0156, 0157. Soldiers and workers, <100 m altitude, Panjang island, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2005&2006-SRTG-0006, 0120, 0126–30, 0041–44, 0173–90, 0192–95, 0197–200, 0216, 0227–30, 0238. Soldiers and workers, <100 m altitude, Sertung island, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2005-SBK-0235, 0237–42, 0246, 0263. Soldiers and workers, <100 m altitude, Sebuku island, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2005-SBS- 0064, 0067, 0069–71, 0073–75, 0077–88, 0090. Soldiers and workers, <100 m altitude, Sebesi island, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2007-LGD-0031, 0050–52, 0058, 0059. Soldiers and workers, <100 m altitude, Legundi island, the Krakataus, Lampung; SYK2007-LP-0002, 0006. Soldiers and workers, from disturbed forest, <100 m altitude, Pantai Mutun, Lampung. SYK2010-KTB-002, 006, 019, 041, 095. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 300–500 m altitude, Ketambe Research Station, Ecosystem Leuser, Sumatra; SYK2010-PK-005, 006. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 150 m altitude, Peukan Biluy, Darul Kamal, Aceh Besar, Sumatra; SYK&FAZLY2009-ER-038, 050, 073. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, >100 m altitude, Endau Rompin National Park, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.
Description
Imago: Unknown.
Soldiers. Head: in dorsal view head capsule excluding rostrum brown to dark sepia brown; rostrum darker than head capsule; entire rostrum almost uniformly coloured; antenna paler than head capsule in coloration. Head with a few number of scattered bristles, tip of nasus with four bristles, pronotum hairs, abdominal tergites with hairs and brittles. In dorsal view head capsule round; its posterior margin nearly straight in the middle; dorsal outline (including rostrum) in profile nearly straight, down-curved apically. Antenna with 13 articles; second slightly longer than fourth; third the longest; fourth shorter than fifth. Thorax: pronotum seen from above paler than head capsule in coloration; its anterior part darker than posterior part. Coxae and femora sepia brown; tibiae yellowish. Anterior margin of pronotum moderately indented in the middle; posterior margin nearly straight in the middle. Abdomen: tergites yellowish to pale brown.
Soldiers (n = 10; (size range) in mm): head length including nasus (HLN) (2.05–2.18); head length measured to base of mandible (HL) (1.20–1.25); nasus length (NL) (0.82–0.95); nasus index = NL/HL (0.68–0.76); maximum head width (HW) (1.37–1.50); maximum height of head excluding postmentum (HH) (0.90–0.95); pronotum length (PL) (0.25–0.30); pronotum width (PW) (0.60–0.70).
Workers. Antenna: pale yellow to yellow; 14 articles; second clearly longer than third and fourth; third longer than fourth. Left mandible: apical tooth longer than first marginal tooth; third marginal moderately protruding from cutting edge; fourth almost completely hidden behind molar prominence. Right mandible: posterior edge of second marginal tooth nearly straight; inner layer of molar plate undeveloped; notch at proximal end of molar plate absent.
Geographical distribution
Sumatra, Mentawai islands, Malay Peninsula, Java and Borneo.
Taxon Treatment
- Syaukani, ; Thompson, G; 2011: Taxonomic Notes on Nasutitermes and Bulbitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the Sunda region of Southeast Asia based on morphological and molecular characters ZooKeys, 148: 135-160. doi
Other References
- ↑ Holmgren N (1913) Termitenstudien. 4. Versuch einer systematichen Monographie der Termiten der orientalischen Region. Kungliga Svenska Vetensskapakademiens Handlingar 50: 1-276.
- ↑ Holmgren N (1913–14) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien, ausgefuhrt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenchaften zu Berlin von H.v. Buttel-Reepen. III. Termiten aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911–1912. Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilungen Systematik 36: 229-290.
- ↑ John O (1925) Termiten von Ceylon, der Malayaischen Halbinsel, Sumatra, Java und den Aru-Inseln. Treubia 6: 360-419.
- ↑ Snyder T (1949) Catalog of the Termites (Isoptera) of World. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 112, 374 pp.
- ↑ Ahmad M (1958) Key to Indomalayan termites. Biologia 4: 33-198.
- ↑ Thapa R (1981) Termites of Sabah, Sabah Forest Record12, 374 pp.
- ↑ Tho Y (1992) Termites of Peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Forest Records. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong 36, 224 pp.
