Angularitermes

Carrijo, Tiago F., Rocha, Mauricio M., Cuezzo, Carolina & Cancello, Eliana M., 2011, Key to the soldiers of Angularitermes Emerson with a new species from Brazilian Amazonia (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae), Zootaxa 2967, pp. 61-68 : 63

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.202760

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191716

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/772E87D4-2B4B-9E77-FF74-18B91A87FDCC

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Plazi

scientific name

Angularitermes
status

 

Key to species of Angularitermes

1. Frontal tube very conical with a wide base, almost half of the length of frontal tube ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A)................................................................................................. A. coninasus Carrijo & Rocha , n. sp.

- Frontal tube longer, not as conical as above, width of base much shorter than half of the length of frontal tube ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 B–F)..................................................................................................... 2

2. Short hairs on frontal tube, when present, only in the first basal third............................................ 3

- Short hairs along the length of frontal tube.................................................................. 4

3. Postclypeus very large and projected forward; length of frontal tube proportionally longer compared to cephalic capsule size ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E)................................................................. A. pinocchio Cancello & Brandão

- Postclypeus smaller; length of frontal tube proportionally shorter compared to cephalic capsule size ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C).................................................................................................. A. orestes (Araujo)

4. Antennae with 14 articles; ratio LN/WH more than 1.85 ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 B and 2F)........................................ 5

- Antennae with 15 articles; ratio LN/WH less than 1.55; ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 D)...................... A. tiguassu Cancello & Brandão

5. Postclypeus very prominent and upward oriented ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 F).................................... A. clypeatus Mathews

- Postclypeus short ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B).......................................................... A. nasutissimus Emerson

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Isoptera

InfraOrder

Isoptera

Family

Termitidae

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