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). Monomorphic, intermediate size for subfamily; head, pronotum, and body rather hairy for subfamily (
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). Head capsule yellowish, covered with a few short but mostly long (ca.
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) to very long (ca.
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) setae (
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). Postclypeus strongly inflated; fontanelle almost indiscernible; frontal gland paler than surrounding vertex. Antennae with 14 articles, 2=3&gt;4&lt;5. Left mandible with apical tooth about twice as long as M1+2; anterior margins of M1+2 and M3 subequal; posterior margin of M1+2 forming ca. 110° with anterior margin of M3 (
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). Right mandible with apical tooth about 2.5 times longer than first marginal tooth; second marginal tooth forming 90° isosceles triangle. Fore tibia slightly inflated compared to hind tibia.
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<emphasis id="42977265FF92BB70FF0BFBEAFED0A353" bold="true" box="[151,274,1099,1124]" pageId="2" pageNumber="293">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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worker. A) lateral habitus, B) mandibles, C) dorsal head capsule, and D) lateral head capsule and pronotum.
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worker whole gut. A) dorsal, B) right, C) ventral, and D) left aspects. Superimposed on D) in highlighted circle is position, to scale, of spiny section of P3a (Fig. 3C). Abbreviations: C = crop, M = mesenteron, P1 = first proctodeal segment, EVS = enteric valve seating, P3a = posterior portion of third proctodeal segment, P3b = anterior portion of third proctodeal segment, IS = isthmus, P4 = forth proctodeal segment, P5 = fifth proctodeal segment.
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worker gut. A) cuticle of enteric valve armature and portion of EVS, B) EVS, whole mount, C) EVS and adjoining portion of P3a viewed from left aspect (Fig. 2D), D) adjoining portion of P3a viewed from ventral aspect. See Fig. 2 for abbreviations.
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</caption>
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<emphasis id="42977265FF93BB71FF0BF83DFED6A082" bold="true" box="[151,276,1948,1973]" pageId="3" pageNumber="294">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="42977265FF93BB71FE80F83CFE26A082" box="[284,484,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="294">Labidotermes celisi</emphasis>
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worker. A) enteric valve splayed open, B) enteric valve intact, and C) anterior region of the proctodeal section P3a.
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Mesenteron forms complete circle, integument in the half nearest P1 with yellow pigmentation. Malpighian knot against the terminal part of midgut. Mixed segment absent, P1 about 3 times as long as wide. Enteric valve seating trilobed, wider than P1; P3a globular; P3b terminus elongate, with longitudinal striations (
<figureCitation id="E8D8B2F2FF94BB76FB4BFF40FAF3A7CC" box="[1239,1329,225,251]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1907,1932]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1182,1882]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1435,1182,1882]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Gastrotermes spinatus worker whole gut. A) dorsal, B) right, C) ventral, and D) left aspects. Superimposed on D) in highlighted circle is position, to scale, of spiny section of P3a (Fig. 3C). Abbreviations: C = crop, M = mesenteron, P1 = first proctodeal segment, EVS = enteric valve seating, P3a = posterior portion of third proctodeal segment, P3b = anterior portion of third proctodeal segment, IS = isthmus, P4 = forth proctodeal segment, P5 = fifth proctodeal segment." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3884670" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3884670/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
). Isthmus (P3a-P4) cuticle without ornamentation; P5 about same volume as P3a. Enteric valve contained within lumen of P2. Valve with six subequal ovoid cushions. Each cushion with one to four small thorns near middle. At and below the cushion ring is a ring consisting of about a dozen rounded pleats followed by a more transparent ring ornamented with 4-9 very short spines in line with each cushion. Enteric valve seating trilobed, about 1.7 times wider than middle of P1 and nearly as long; lined with several hundred 6-14 µm-long erect spines. Opening of the P3a lined with about one hundred 51-107 µm-long sclerotized spines at and beyond the
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constriction. Long spines take two forms; those nearest EVA are simple with sharp points bunched at P3a opening into two groups, one group near interior lobe of
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and one on opposite (left) side. Spines of the second group with wide, multifurcated termini that form two spiny arms lining the
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side of the P3a.
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<paragraph id="705CAE77FF94BB76FF5BFDE8FF12A59C" blockId="4.[151,1437,153,1043]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">
<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FF5BFDE8FEBCA554" bold="true" box="[199,382,585,611]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Measurements.</emphasis>
Workers (mean, range, mm, n=20): HLP 0.65, 0.58-0.70; PCL 0.21, 0.19-0.23; HW 1.01, 0.98-1.05; PW 0.65, 0.61-0.68; HTL 1.13, 1.05-1.18; FTL 0.82, 0.77-0.86; FTW 0.14, 0.12-0.14; FTLW 0.17, 0.15- 0.18.
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<subSubSection id="38F9FDFCFF94BB76FF5BFD15FE2DA5C4" pageId="4" pageNumber="295" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="705CAE77FF94BB76FF5BFD15FE2DA5C4" blockId="4.[151,1437,153,1043]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">
<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FF5BFD15FE80A5F8" bold="true" box="[199,322,692,719]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Both the EVS and P3a junction, as noted above, and the EVA cuticle of
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FB04FD14FAD8A5F8" box="[1176,1306,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">G. spinatus</emphasis>
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are unique among the
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FE88FD78FE62A5C4" box="[276,416,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Apicotermes</emphasis>
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group.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="38F9FDFCFF94BB76FF5BFD5CFF3AA40C" pageId="4" pageNumber="295" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="705CAE77FF94BB76FF5BFD5CFF3AA40C" blockId="4.[151,1437,153,1043]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">
<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FF5BFD5CFE8CA420" bold="true" box="[199,334,765,791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet
<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FDA8FD5DFD80A420" bold="true" box="[564,578,764,791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295"></emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B7E3D5F4FF94BB76FDDEFD5FFD5DA420" authorityName="Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2020" box="[578,671,766,791]" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Gastrotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinatus">
<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FDDEFD5FFD5DA420" box="[578,671,766,791]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">spinatus</emphasis>
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” (Latin for spine) refers to the large spines at the juncture of the EVS and P3a.
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<subSubSection id="38F9FDFCFF94BB76FF5BFCE5FD89A324" pageId="4" pageNumber="295" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="705CAE77FF94BB76FF5BFCE5FD89A324" blockId="4.[151,1437,153,1043]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">
<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FF5BFCE5FE8EA468" bold="true" box="[199,332,836,863]" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Discussion.</emphasis>
Soldiers are relatively rare in colonies of the
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FCD9FCE4FC13A468" box="[837,977,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Apicotermes</emphasis>
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group genera so it is possible that
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FACDFCE4FF16A4B4" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">G. spinatus</emphasis>
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possesses a soldier. Except for its subterranean soil-feeding behavior, the biology of
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FB11FCC8FACEA4B4" box="[1165,1292,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">G. spinatus</emphasis>
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is unknown. The only known locality for
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FE42FC2CFD9DA490" box="[478,607,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">G. spinatus</emphasis>
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is in lowland central African rainforest with precipitation exceeding
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per annum.
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places the
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FDADFC10FD09A4FC" box="[561,715,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Labidotermes</emphasis>
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subgroup as basal within the
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FB8AFC10FB60A4FC" box="[1046,1186,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Apicotermes</emphasis>
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group because, unlike the
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FF5DFC74FE9BA4D8" box="[193,345,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Eburnitermes</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FEF4FC74FE3EA4D8" box="[360,508,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Trichotermes</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="42977265FF94BB76FDA7FC74FD05A4D8" box="[571,711,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="295">Apicotermes</emphasis>
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subgroups, the EVA is situated on the inner face of P2 and does not project into the EVS or P3a lumen.
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