Longitermes, 2022

Jouault, Corentin, Engel, Michael S., Fls, Legendre, Frédéric, Huang, Diying, Grandcolas, Philippe & Nel, André, 2022, Incrementing and clarifying the diversity and early evolution of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196, pp. 608-629 : 610

GENUS LONGITERMES JOUAULT, ENGEL, LEGENDRE & NEL GEN. NOV.

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Type species: Longitermes pulcher Jouault, Engel, Legendre & Nel sp. nov.

Etymology: The generic name is a combination of the Latin longus, long, referring to the elongate head of the new species, and termes, termite, commonly used to refer to Isoptera . Gender masculine.

Diagnosis: Imago. Head elongate, with anterior corners rounded orthogonal and posterior corners broadly rounded; occiput and frons convex; epicranial ecdysial line visible; ocelli absent; postclypeus trapezoidal; anteclypeus small; left mandible apical tooth elongate, sharp, three marginal teeth, LM 1 -LM 2 interdental space small, v-shaped, LM 1 small, LM 2 elongate, forming broad cutting edge, LM 2 -LM 3 separated by a notch, LM 3 bent toward base of mandible; right mandible with long, sharp apical tooth, and at least one marginal tooth of similar shape and length; pronotum slightly wider than head, anterior margin concave, posterior margin broadly convex with a median concavity, sides broadly convex; tarsi pentamerous (fourth tarsomere cryptic); tibial spur formula 3-4-2; all tibiae with strong setae but no additional spines; arolium present; forewing with scale large, with humeral margin nearly straight, claval suture straight (PCu), basal suture faintly arched; Sc, RA, RP heavily sclerotized; R branched within scale; RP nearly encompassing wing apex, with main branch bending to wing apex, with five secondary branches; M and CuA weaker than other surrounding veins; CuA with three branches in scales; anal veins absent; hindwing with delineated scale.