Roisin Yves
Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Zookeys. 2011(148):31-40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1718. Epub 2011 Nov 21.
Complete series of two species of the phragmotic drywood termite genus, Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), were found on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Here, I describe for the first time the soldier of Cryptotermes albipes (Holmgren & Holmgren), which resembles Cryptotermes domesticus but presents deep depressions on the head sides and vertex. The other species, here described as Cryptotermes penaorusp. n., comes close to Cryptotermes tropicalis, a species known from the tropical rainforest of northern Queensland, from which its soldier is distinguished by its more elongated head capsule.
在瓦努阿图的圣埃斯皮里图岛发现了完整系列的两种具有防护结构的干木白蚁,即隐白蚁属(等翅目:木白蚁科)。在此,我首次描述了白足隐白蚁(霍尔姆格伦和霍尔姆格伦)的兵蚁,它与家白蚁相似,但头部两侧和头顶有深深的凹陷。另一个物种,在此被描述为新种佩纳隐白蚁,与热带隐白蚁相近,热带隐白蚁已知分布于昆士兰北部的热带雨林,其兵蚁的区别在于头壳更长。