Nasutitermes longinasoides
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Ordo: Isoptera
Familia: Termitidae
Genus: Nasutitermes
Name
Nasutitermes longinasoides Thapa – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Nasutitermes longinasoides Thapa 1981[1], pp. 301–303 .
Material examined
SYK2006-KSNP-0028, 0031, 0037, 0039, 0050, 0058. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 300 m altitude, Sungai Manau, Merangin, Jambi; SYK2006-AL-0016, 0021, 0106, 0950-0952. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 30 m altitude, Maestong, Sungai batang hari, Jambi; SYK1999&2000-L-1063–1066. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 300–500 m altitude, Ketambe, Southeast Aceh; SYK2002-PRP-0101, 0102. Soldiers and workers from disturbed forest, 900 m altitude, Parapat, North Sumatra. SYK2010-KTB-012, 022, 030, 042, 043, 063, 069, 090. Soldiers and workers from undisturbed forest, 300–500 m altitude, Ketambe Research Station, Ecosystem Leuser, Sumatra.
Description
Imago: Unknown.
Soldiers. Head: in dorsal view head capsule excluding rostrum pale yellow to yellow; rostrum darker than head capsule; antenna slightly paler than head capsule in coloration. Head with three or four scattered bristles, tip of nasus a hairs and four bristles, pronotum and abdominal tergites with hairs and brittles. In dorsal view head capsule round; its posterior margin roundly convex in the middle; dorsal outline of head capsule (including rostrum) in profile nearly straight. Antenna with 13 articles; second and fourth almost equal in length; third clearly longer than fourth; fourth shorter than fifth. Thorax: pronotum seen from above paler than head capsule in coloration; its periphery darker than central area. Coxae and femora pale yellow; tibiae whitish. Anterior and posterior margins of pronotum nearly straight in the middle. Abdomen: tergites yellow to pale brown.
Soldiers (n = 10; (size range) in mm): head length including nasus (HLN) (2.10–2.20); head length measured to base of mandible (HL) (1.07–1.25); nasus length (NL) (0.92–1.07); nasus index = NL/HL (0.85–0.86); maximum head width (HW) (1.23–1.32); maximum height of head excluding postmentum (HH) (0.80–0.83); pronotum length (PL) (0.20–0.23); pronotum width (PW) (0.56–0.60).
Workers. Antenna: pale yellow to yellow; 14 articles; second much longer than fourth; third longer than fourth; fourth the shortest. Left mandible: apical tooth shorter than first marginal tooth; third marginal moderately protruding from cutting edge; fourth completely hidden behind molar prominence. Right mandible: posterior edge of second marginal tooth nearly straight; inner layer of molar plate undeveloped, and notch at proximal end of molar plate obtuse.
Geographical distribution
Sumatra 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
- ↑ Thapa R (1981) Termites of Sabah, Sabah Forest Record12, 374 pp.
