Anhangatermes

Oliveira, Danilo E., Cunha, Hélida F. & Constantino, Reginaldo, 2014, A taxonomic revision of the soil-feeding termite genus Anhangatermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae), Zootaxa 3869 (5), pp. 523-536 : 524-525

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:45D2A66A-3A45-4A1E-BF65-DC9755295505

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6142857

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A658955-C35D-E754-FF53-F912FA0DFEDB

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Plazi

scientific name

Anhangatermes
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Key to the species of Anhangatermes based on soldiers and workers

1. Soldier tergites with 6 or more bristles ( Figs. 5 View FIGURE 5 A, 5D); clypeus with 2 bristles; head capsule with two bristles on vertex and several bristles on base of nasus and lateral sides ( Figs. 6 View FIGURE 6 A, 6B, 6E, 6F, 7B, 7C).................................... 2

- Soldier tergites with a single row of 4 bristles on posterior margin ( Figs. 5 View FIGURE 5 B, 5C); clypeus without bristles; head capsule with only two large bristles, both located on vertex ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 )......................................................... 3

2. Tergites of soldier with a single row of bristles on posterior margin; meso- and metanotum usually without bristles, sometimes with one or two ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A).............................................................. A. anhanguera , sp. n.

- Tergites of soldier with two rows of bristles; meso- and metanotum with many bristles on posterior margin ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 D)............................................................................................... A. pilosus , sp. n.

3. Soldier mandibles apically rounded or blunt, without sharp points ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 C); pronotum of soldier with short hairs on anterior

margin ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 C); head capsule of worker with numerous bristles ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 C); enteric valve armature long, without a row of large spines on the posterior end ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 D).................................................... A. juruena , sp. n. - Soldier mandibles usually with a sharp point ( Figs. 9 View FIGURE 9 B, 9D); pronotum of soldier without short hairs on anterior margin ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B); head capsule of worker with six bristles, two on vertex and four on frons ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 B); enteric valve armature short, with a distinct row of large spines on the posterior end ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 B, 3C)................................................. 3

4. Head capsule of soldier conspicuously wider than long ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A); width of head> 1,5 mm.......... A. eurycephalus , sp. n.

- Head capsule of soldier a little wider than long ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 C); width of head <1,4 mm........................ A. macarthuri

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Isoptera

Family

Termitidae

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