Cryptotermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu: Redescription of Cryptotermes albipes (Holmgren & Holmgren) and description of Cryptotermes penaoru sp. n.
Author
Roisin, Yves
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ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1718
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1718
1313-2970-138-31
Genus
Cryptotermes Banks, 1906
Cryptotermes
- Banks, 1906: 336. Type species, by monotypy:
Cryptotermes cavifrons
Banks, 1906.
Cryptotermes
Banks -
Krishna 1961
: 379-382, Figs 77-80 (redescription).
Stages.
Imagos of
Cryptotermes
can be recognized by the combination of the following criteria: left imago mandible with anterior margin of third marginal tooth clearly longer than posterior margin of first plus second marginals, and media vein bending forward to join radial sector in middle of wing or beyond.
Soldiers of
Cryptotermes
have a phragmotic head (like those of
Calcaritermes
) and all fore tibial spurs approximately equal.