Ceylonitermes indicola (Thakur, 1976)

Gathorne-Hardy, F., 2001, A review of the South-East Asian Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termidae), with descriptions of one new genus and a new species and including a key to the genera, Journal of Natural History 35 (10), pp. 1485-1506 : 1495-1497

Ceylonitermes indicola

Worker and minor soldier are described in Thakur (1976: 15–17).

F ig. 5. Ceylonitermes indicola Thakur major soldier.

M ajor soldiers deposited in Bogor Zoological M useum, Bogor, Indonesia; Syiah Kuala University, Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Indonesia and the Natural History M useum, London, U K.

M easurements. See table 3.

M ajor soldier. H ead capsule, antennae and pronotum colour varies from reddish yellow to yellowish red. Legs yellow to reddish yellow. Head capsule in plan view has straight sides, which converge on to the front. Setae are very sparse on the head capsule, which is smooth and shiny. Nasus is shorter than head capsule behind antennae and is parallel sided for most of its length. The tip of the nasus has four large setae around the rim. Thirteen antennal articles. Postmentum is weakly and evenly convex, with sides more or less uniformly concave and at the most, one or two setae. Pronotum in plan view is broadly lobed in the middle, with the front margin entire. In pro le view the anterior lobe is smaller than the posterior.

Fig. 6. Hirtitermes brabazoni : (A) soldier head capsule; (B) worker mandibles.