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From the Latin word
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The head capsule
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soldier is ovoid in dorsal view, has a long cylindrical nasus, lacks a constriction and long setae, and is covered with microscopic hairs. The mixed segment of the slightly dimorphic worker caste is very short and the enteric valve has six cushions of differing sizes, with each adorned with a few to dozens of narrow spines on conical bases.
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. Eyes large slightly ovoid; ocelli large and elliptical, about as large as antennal socket. Postclypeus slightly arched in profile; midline conspicuous and slightly depressed; anterior margin nearly straight; posterior margin convex. Fontanelle conspicuous, slit-shaped. Epicranial suture faint. Antenna with 15 articles. Mandibular dentition similar to those of worker
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2. Pronotum trapezoidal in dorsal view; anterior and posterior margins nearly rectate. Posterior margin of meso- and metanotum deeply and broadly emarginated; posterolateral corners of meso- and metanotum rounded. Tibial spurs 2:2:2.
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Monomorphic. In dorsal view, head capsule longer than wide, not constricted. Nasus elongate, subcylindrical. Head capsule, legs, and thoracic sclerites covered with dense short and rather thick hairs. Mandibles with small but well-defined points. Antenna with 12 articles. Postclypeus not convex in profile. Labrum shorter than wide, with rounded anterior margin, parallel lateral margins, and rounded anterior corners. Pronotum with anterior lobe as developed as the posterior one, forming an obtuse angle between them. Procoxa conical, not forming a keel and without a hump on the anterior surface. Tibial spurs 2:2:2.
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Dimorphic, but both
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1 (
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) with a broad gap, a slightly lighter colored head capsule with more convex sides, and a wider pronotum with the anterior lobe about the same size as the posterior one. Both workers with fontanelle situated in the posterior half of the head capsule, pale and slightly depressed, in profile view. Postclypeus not inflated. Antenna with 13 articles. Tibial spurs 2:2:2. Left mandible of both
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I and a broad gap in worker
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2; M4 short, hidden beneath molar prominence; molar prominence concave, with faint ridges. Right mandible with apical tooth larger than M1; M3 reduced, with rounded tip; posterior margin of M3 concave; molar plate concave with faint ridges; basal notch well-defined, but narrow in
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). Crop slightly more developed than gizzard, partially visible in left lateral view. Mesenteron passing through right side of the abdomen to join the first proctodeal segment (P1) before reaching medial line in ventral view. Very short mixed segment; mesenteric tongue external to the mesenteric arc, not constricted proximally, lateral margins converging distally. Malpighian tubules arranged in two adjacent pairs, but attached on the inner face of the mesenteric arc individually at mesenteronproctodeum junction; tubules slightly dilated at the attachment point (
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). P1 tubular, slightly larger than the mesenteron, reaching left side of abdomen. Distal part of P3 protruding through mesenteric arc, very prominent in dorsal view, notoriously dislocated to left; isthmus conspicuous. Dorsal torsion well developed. U-turn tubular, slightly dilated, visible in lateral right view (
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). Distal colon tubular, narrow than the proximal part and joining the rectum in dorsal view.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C8158B3CFFC7BF77A6CD6DC2FE1045AD" blockId="5.[151,1437,356,2043]" pageId="5" pageNumber="78">
<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC7BF77A6CD6DC2FD5344A8" bold="true" box="[199,653,1764,1791]" pageId="5" pageNumber="78">Internal compartment ornamentation</emphasis>
. Crop cuticle with pectinate scales. Gizzard (
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) with completely sclerotized cuticular armature (hexaradial symmetry); pulvillar belt more developed than columnar belt, pulvilli I more developed than pulvilli II, both with their entire surface covered with long aciculiform spines; columns I and II ornamented with short spines. Cuticle of P1 armed with spines only at mesenteronproctodeum junction. Armature of the enteric valve weakly sclerotized (
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), organized in two rings; anterior ring (or upper ring, closest to P1) with 10-20 small spines barely organized in three cushions; posterior ring (or lower ring, closest to P3) with six subconical cushions varying in size; each cushion covered with a few to thirty narrow spines projecting from basal scales (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="80B0D8B7FFC4BF74A6CD6BB1FCBA404F" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A6CD6BB1FEB342E6" bold="true" box="[199,365,150,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Comparisons.</emphasis>
The
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A7A06BB1FD7142E6" box="[426,687,150,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Hyleotermes brevipilus</emphasis>
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soldier is closest to soldiers of
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A2176BB0FB6042E6" box="[1053,1214,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Ereymatermes</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A6CD6B9DFE874282" box="[199,345,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Subulitermes</emphasis>
Holmgren,
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in that all three are small, yellowish in coloration, and have cylindrical nasi. Of these, only the headcapsules of
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A4026BF8FD4242AE" box="[520,668,222,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">H. brevipilus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A4A66BF8FCB942AE" box="[684,871,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">S. constricticeps</emphasis>
,
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, and
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A2816BF8FAFA42AE" box="[1163,1316,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">S. microsoma</emphasis>
(Silvestri, 1903)
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lack long setae.
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A7916A25FD0C434A" box="[411,722,258,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Subulitermes constricticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A5066A24FC7B434A" box="[780,933,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">S. microsoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are much smaller (mean head width ca.
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). The worker enteric valve of
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A41F6A00FD784316" box="[533,678,294,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">H. brevipilus</emphasis>
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is diagnostic and differs those of
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A2166A00FB634316" box="[1052,1213,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Ereymatermes</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A6C06A6DFE824332" box="[202,348,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Subulitermes</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. The following worker characters are distinct in
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A2356A6CFB0D4332" box="[1087,1235,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Nasutitermes</emphasis>
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: EVA with pointed scales on large and small cushions, with trailing columns of scales toward posterior (
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); molar plate narrow, straight, with well-developed ridges; each mandible with a short apical tooth and larger marginal teeth; mixed segment very long; enteric valve unsclerotized, with minute spines. Also, in
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A2246A90FB1C4386" box="[1070,1218,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Nasutitermes</emphasis>
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female workers are conspicuously larger than male workers. In all genera of
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<emphasis id="FADE572EFFC4BF74A51C6AFCFC7443A2" box="[790,938,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Nasutitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E1EDEA55FFC4BF74A5BB6AFCFC3043A3" box="[945,1006,475,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, the worker mandibles have conspicuous molar ridges, and most of them have a long mixed segment.
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