Prorhinotermes Silvestri, 1909
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2011.651653 |
|
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10536782 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/785E8862-FF56-AE57-304E-F77DFDD63ED5 |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Prorhinotermes Silvestri, 1909 |
| status |
|
Prorhinotermes Silvestri, 1909 View in CoL
Type species: Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909
There are about 10 species of the genus in the Indomalayan region. One species, Prorhinotermes tibiaoensiformis , was described from North Thailand by Ahmad (1965). However, Gathorne-Hardy (2004) made this species a junior synonym of Prorhinotermes flavus .
Diagnosis
Monomorphic soldiers. Head oval. Fontanelle small and circular. Eyes present but pale. Labrum tongue-shaped. Mandible sabre-shaped, without teeth. Postmentum club-shaped. Pronotum flat.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
|
Kingdom |
|
|
Phylum |
|
|
Class |
|
|
Order |
|
|
Family |