Pericapritermes Silvestri 1914
Creators: name: Amina, Poovoli
name: Rajmohana, Keloth
name: Dinesh, K. P.
name: Asha, Gopalan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Termitidae
Pericapritermes

description: KEY TO THE SOLDIERS OF GENERA UNDER PERICAPRITERMES -GROUP FOUND IN THE ORIENTAL REGION
1. Head with highly sclerotized frontal ridge, head somewhat phragmotic .......................................................... .......................................................................................................... Kemneritermes Ahmad & Akhtar, 1981
— Head without frontal ridge and not phragmotic .......................................................................................... 2
2. Antero-lateral corners of head produced into a distinct tubercle-like projection (Fig. 6A arrowed part) .......... ....................................................................................................................... Dicuspiditermes Krishna, 1968.
— Antero-lateral corners of head rounded, not produced into tubercle-like projection .................................... 3
3. Left mandible moderately twisted at middle, sharply pointed at tip or forming a beak or bent like a hook .... 4
— Left mandible strongly twisted at middle, blunt at tip ................................................................................. 8
4. Antennae with 13 segments; mandibles thin, slender and weakly bent at middle .... Homallotermes John, 1925.
— Antennae with 14 segments, mandibles thick, moderately to strongly bent at middle .................................. 5
5. Head with frontal projection, left mandible moderately bent at middle ...... Mirocapritermes Holmgren, 1914
— Head without frontal projection, left mandible strongly bent at middle ...................................................... 6
6. Distal tip of left mandible bent like a beak ................................................. Pseudocapritermes Kemner, 1934.
— Distal tip of left mandible slightly incurved and bent in form of hook ........................................................ 7
7. Mandibles thin and slender. Apical tibial spur formula 3: 2: 2 ...................... Procapritermes Holmgren, 1912.
— Mandibles comparatively thick and stouter. Apical tibial spur formula 2: 2: 2 ................................................ .................................................................................................................. Sinocapritermes Ping & Xu, 1986.
8. Labrum greatly swollen ................................................................................ Labiocapritermes Krishna, 1968.
— Labrum not much swollen .......................................................................................................................... 9
9. Head moderately hairy; frons sharply inclining in front ............................................................................ 10
— Head sparsely hairy; frons gradually inclining in front ............................................................................... 11
10. Antero-lateral points of labrum minute, thin and with a narrow base (Fig. 6C); anterior lobe of pronotum slightly convex and weakly notched (Fig. 7B). Antennae 14 segmented ....... Indocapritermes Chhotani, 1997.
— Antero-lateral points of labrum long, robust and with broad base (Figs 1D; 2D); anterior lobe of pronotum strongly convex and without notch (Fig. 7A). Antennae 15 segmented .......................................................... ................................................................................................ Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, n. gen.
11. Fontanelle transverse, fontanelle gland large ........................................... Krishnacapritermes Chhotani, 1997.
— Fontanelle small, circular, fontanelle gland small ....................................................................................... 12
12. Left mandible without lower basal projection, sometime a minute pimple-like tubercle present. Labrum short, thick, broader than long .................................................................................. Pericapritermes Silvestri, 1914.
— Left mandible with well developed indented lower basal projection. Labrum long, as long as or longer than wide .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
13. Labrum anteriorly deeply concave, as long as wide, antero-lateral processes with points at bases ..................... ...................................................................................................... Oriencapritermes Ahmad & Akhtar, 1981.
— Labrum anteriorly shallowly concave, longer than wide, antero-lateral processes without points at bases ........ ......................................................................................................... Syncapritermes Ahmad & Akhtar, 1981
description: Published as part of Amina, Poovoli, Rajmohana, Keloth, Dinesh, K. P. & Asha, Gopalan, 2022, Integrative taxonomic studies on Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, n. gen. (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) with two new species from India, pp. 109-124 in Zoosystema 44 (3) on page 121, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a3, http://zenodo.org/record/6080151