Glyptotermes Froggatt, 1897

Amina, Poovoli & Rajmohana, Keloth, 2016, Glyptotermes chiraharitae n. sp., a new dampwood termite species (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from India, Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 309-316 : 310

Genus Glyptotermes Froggatt, 1897

TYPE SPECIES. — Glyptotermes tuberculatus Froggatt, 1897 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Imago. Margin between first and second marginal tooth of left mandible incurved; right mandible with posterior margin of second marginal tooth slightly longer than molar plate; radius of forewing short; radial sector highly sclerotised and without branches; radial sector and media running close to and parallel with costa upto distal tip; cubitus weak and not sclerotised.

Soldier. Head-capsule subrectangular, cylindrical, more or less elongated, some species having a phragmotic head. Frons weakly to sharply inclining in front. Head distinctly or faintly bilobed with V or U shaped depression. Antero-dorsal protuberances prominently to faintly marked. Mandibles thick and stout and with a prominent dentition.

DISTRIBUTION IN INDIA. — Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.

REMARKS

The generic identity of the specimens were confirmed, as per the concept of the genus presented by Roonwal & Chhotani (1989), Eldridge (1996) and Bose (1999). Imago of Glyptotermes shows close resemblance to genus Calcaritermes Snyder, 1925 in wing venation, having sclerotised media which runs close and parallel to radial sector to the wing tip. The radial sector is not branched in both genera. The apical spur on the front tibia of Glyptotermes soldiers, is not as enlarged and greatly thickened as in those of Calcaritermes Snyder, 1925 .