Redescription of Prorhinotermes japonicus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Taiwan | Zendy

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Redescription of Prorhinotermes japonicus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Taiwan

Author(s) -

HouFeng Li,

Yen-Chiu Lan,

NanYao Su

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

annals of the entomological society of america

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 1938-2901

pISSN - 0013-8746

DOI - 10.1603/an11064

Subject(s) - alate , biology , neoteny , rhinotermitidae , imago , zoology , caste , china , ecology , reticulitermes , botany , geography , pest analysis , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , homoptera , aphididae

The winged imago of Prorhinotermes japonicus (Holmgren 1912) is described herein for the first time. The soldier caste and two morphs of the neotenic caste also are redescribed. Based on the similar morphology of soldier, alate and neotenic, two Chinese species, Prorhinotermes xishaensis Li & Tsai 1976 and Prorhinotermes hainanensis Ping & Xu 1989, are reverted to junior synonyms of P. japonicus. The current distribution of P. japonicus includes tropical islands surrounding the northern part of the South China Sea. Another Chinese species, Prorhinotermes spectabilis Ping & Xu 1989 from Yunnan Province and two Philippines species, Prorhinotermes tibiaoensis (Oshima 1920) and Prorhinotermes gracilis Light 1921, were compared and included in discussion.

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