Grigiotermes, MATHEWS, 1977

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GRIGIOTERMES MATHEWS, 1977

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Figures

Figure 1. Worker. Grigiotermes hageni comb. nov. A, enteric valve (spread on slide); B, foreleg; C, head.

Figure 7. Worker enteric valve armature, depicted by confocal microscopy. A, Grigiotermes hageni comb. nov.; B, Amplucrutermes inflatus sp. nov.; C, Humutermes krishnai sp. nov.; D, Humutermes noiroti sp. nov.; E, Hydrecotermes arienesho sp. nov.; F, Hydrecotermes kawaii sp. nov.; G, Patawatermes turricola comb. nov.; H, Patawatermes nigripunctatus comb. nov.; I, Rubeotermes jheringi comb. nov. (G, I, reproduced with the permission of Host et al., 2014).

Figure 8. Worker digestive tracts. A, Grigiotermes hageni comb. nov.; B, Amplucrutermes inflatus sp. nov.; C, Humutermes krishnai sp. nov.; D, Hydrecotermes arienesho sp. nov.; E, Patawatermes nigripunctatus comb. nov.; F, Rubeotermes jheringi comb. nov.. From left to right: dorsal, right, ventral, and left views.

Figure 9. Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and metanotum of alates. A, B, Grigiotermes hageni comb. nov.; C, D, Humutermes krishnai sp. nov.; E, F, Hydrecotermes arienesho sp. nov.; G, H, Hydrecotermes kawaii sp. nov.; I, J, Patawatermes turricola comb. nov.; K, L, Patawatermes nigripunctatus comb. nov.; M, N, Rubeotermes jheringi comb. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figure 10. Distribution maps of samples examined in this study.

Figure 11. Majority rule consensus phylogenetic tree including 13 focal species constructed by Bayesian inference. Numbers on branches are posterior probabilities. Species from South America are in blue font. The scale bar represents the number of mutation per site.