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7. The
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valve pattern group
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The worker within this pattern has an enteric valve with two primary cushions, normally PC3 and PC4, ending downstream in two yellow to brown sclerotised spatulae which look like two jaws (“valvule à mâchoires” in
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; fig. 11G) sticking out of the valve (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF80FFEDFB9CFA06FB30B7DF" box="[1136,1222,1476,1502]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
EF); the jawlike spatulae may as an exception be borne either by PC4 and PC5 (two occurrences on
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examined) or by PC5 and PC6 (one occurrence). The other primary cushions are roughly triangular: their largest width is generally located near the upstream fourth, and their lateral margins converge gradually downstream. PC1 is often clearly longer than PC2, PC5 and PC6 (and may be longer or shorter than PC3 and PC4 depending on the species), not resulting in any kind of symmetry. Unopened, the valve seen in profile is more or less strongly concave on the side (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF80FFEDFC53F958FBDFB4B5" box="[959,1065,1690,1716]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Fig. 18E</figureCitation>
); on a microscope slide, it is sometimes difficult to flatten this kind of valve.
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A PC1 is made of (a) an upstream spiny part of variable length (1349% of total length) with relatively strong spines, (b) a middle spiny part (1848% of total length) with somewhat weaker spines and with 924 lateral supporting bristles on each side, and (c) a bristly part (2443% of total length) with 40110 straight, curved and hooked bristles (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF80FFEDFD83F8A9FD2BB584" box="[623,733,1899,1925]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Fig. 18A</figureCitation>
).
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A PC ending in a spatula (PC3 or PC4) is made of (a) an upstream spiny part (1237% of total length) with relatively strong spines, (b) a middle spiny part (1849% of total length) with somewhat weaker spines and with 1023 lateral supporting bristles on each side, (c) a bristly part (1236% of total length) with 3580 straight bristles on a low bulge, and (d) an asymmetric, sclerotised spatula (1533% of total length) with a rounded side bearing a few short curved bristles and an almost straight side with numerous short tooth-like spines;
<emphasis id="B970EA9BFF81FFECFDA2FEB4FD60B38E" box="[590,662,374,399]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">in situ</emphasis>
, the two spatulae are close together and their denticulate sides face each other (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF81FFECFE93FE5AFE11B3B3" box="[383,487,408,434]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 18F</figureCitation>
). The other PCs are similar to the PCs of a basic enteric valve.
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The secondary cushions, in their upstream, spiny parts are generally not wider than the primary cushions; if they are somewhat wider, they do not exceed the PC width by more than 20%. Their largest width is sometimes located near the upstream fourth or third and they narrow gradually downstream; however, in many cases they widen in their downstream, bristly, fuzzy parts (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF81FFECFC05FD81FBAFB05C" box="[1001,1113,579,605]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 18A</figureCitation>
). In some species SC12
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<emphasis id="B970EA9BFF81FFECFF51F918FEC1B4F5" bold="true" box="[189,311,1754,1780]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 18. A</emphasis>
. Enteric valve of the “
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valve pattern”, from a worker of
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: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds;
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. Idem from a soldier of
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;
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. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of
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(Emerson, 1928)
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;
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. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged);
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. Idem from a worker of
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Silvestri, 1914
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, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line;
<emphasis id="B970EA9BFF81FFECFF51F86CFF39B5C9" bold="true" box="[189,207,1966,1992]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">F</emphasis>
. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale;
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. Geographical distribution of species with the
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valve pattern.
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and/or SC61 are weakly developed (
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) and fuzzy: they can be wider than PC1 but bear very few scattered spines and/or bristles.
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In the soldiers enteric valve, the two spatulae on PC3 and PC4 are always present, but sometimes weakly developed; the primary cushions are more slender than in the worker, but PC1 is frequently widened between the first third and the middle (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF9EFFF3FCE8FE7DFC87B3D8" box="[772,881,447,473]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Fig. 18B</figureCitation>
). The secondary cushions are like those of workers but bear less developed spines.
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In the imagos enteric valve, the two spatulae on PC3 and PC4 are either absent or simply indicated; unopened, the valve is slightly curved at its downstream end (
<figureCitation id="133F2A0CFF9EFFF3FC7EFD8FFC13B066" box="[914,997,589,615]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[220,1376,655,1718]" captionTargetId="figure@47.[189,1398,635,1731]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 18. A. Enteric valve of the “sankurensis valve pattern”, from a worker of Cubitermes sankurensis Wasmann, 1911: note the narrowness of the secondary cushions in their upstream thirds; B. Idem from a soldier of C. sankurensis; C. Idem from an imago, unopened and seen in profile, of C. orthognathus (Emerson, 1928); D. The same as C, opened: the spatula on PC3 is only sketched (arrow), PC4 is lacking (damaged); E. Idem from a worker of C. proximatus Silvestri, 1914, unopened and seen in profile, the spatulae stick out of the valve into the second paunch, the contour of which is marked as a dotted line; F. The same as E unopened and seen from behind; A to F at the same scale; G. Geographical distribution of species with the sankurensis valve pattern." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2638209/files/figure.png" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
CD).
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This valve pattern is therefore characterised by two spatulae in the workers and soldiers valves and by the high elongation index of the workers SCs (
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); most species are small.
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<emphasis id="B970EA9BFF9EFFF3FF51FD38FE5CB115" bold="true" box="[189,426,762,788]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Material examined</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BBB3689FF9EFFF3FF51FCE9FAAEB145" blockId="48.[189,1368,810,837]" box="[189,1368,810,837]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Seventeen known species and varieties and probably two unknown species have such enteric valves:</paragraph>
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