Glyptotermes Froggatt 1897
Creators: name: Amina, Poovoli
name: Rajmohana, Keloth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Kalotermitidae
Glyptotermes

description: KEY TO THE INDIAN SPECIES OF GLYPTOTERMES FROGGATT, 1897 (BASED ON SOLDIER CASTE)
1. Large species; frons sharply inclined in front at an angle of more than 65° .................................................... 2
— Small species; frons gradually inclined in front at an angle of 45°-50°............................................................ 4
2. Head much longer (1.7-1.85 times) than wide (head length to base of mandible 3.20-3.50 mm, head width 1.90-2.05 mm); mandibles long (1.48-1.58 mm), left mandible with 4 marginal teeth ................................... ................................................................................................. Glyptotermes tikaderi Chhotani & Bose, 1985
— Head not much longer (a little more than 1.5 times) than wide (head length to base of mandible 2.22-2.33 mm, head width 1.48-1.65 mm); mandibles short (1.00- 1.08 mm), left mandible with 3 marginal teeth ............. 3
3. Antennae 14 segmented; labrum subsquare, broader than long; postmentum long (1.78 mm), waist much narrower, postmentum contraction index 0.42; small species .............................................. G. taruni Bose, 1999
— Antennae 12 segmented; labrum tongue shaped, longer than wide; postmentum not much long (1.48-1.70 mm), waist comparatively wider, postmentum contraction index 0.47-0.52; large species ........................................ ........................................................................................................................ Glyptotermes chiraharitae n. sp.
4. Head capsule large and wide (head length to base of mandibles 1.93-2.27 mm, head width 1.25-1.40 mm); antennae 12-14 segmented.................................................................................... G. teknafensis Akhtar, 1975
— Head capsule small and narrow (head length to base of mandibles 1.18-1.73 mm, head width 0.88-1.20 mm); antennae 8-12 segmented............................................................................................................................. 5
5. Head width less than 1.00 mm ..................................................................................................................... 6
— Head width more than 1.00 mm .................................................................................................................. 7
6. Ocelli absent; epicranial suture faintly distinct or sometime absent; antennae 10-11 segmented...................... .............................................................................................................................. G. ukhiaensis Akhtar, 1975
— Ocelli present; epicranial suture distinct; antennae 8-10 segmented ..................... G. tripurensis Thakur, 1975
7. Antero-lateral corners of head sharply pointed in font .................................................................................. 8
— Antero-lateral corners of head rounded and not pointed in font ................................................................... 9
8. Margin between 2nd and 3rd marginal teeth of left mandible sharp, angularly incurved; postmentum wide at waist (width at waist 0.19-0.27 mm ......................................... G. coorgensis (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917)
— Margin between 2 nd and 3 rd marginal teeth of left mandible not sharp and roundly incurved; postmentum narrow at waist (width at waist 0.16-0.20 mm) ............................................................ G. sensarmai Maiti, 1976
9. Head comparatively wide (head width index 0.67-0.77); epicranial suture incomplete; postmentum wide (maximum width of postmentum 0.40-0.43 mm) ....................................................... G. almorensis Gardner, 1945
— Head comparatively narrow (head width index 0.59-0.66); epicranial suture complete; postmentum narrow (maximum width of postmentum 0.30-0.37 mm) ....................... G. nicobarensis Maiti & Chakraborty, 1981
description: Published as part of Amina, Poovoli & Rajmohana, Keloth, 2016, Glyptotermes chiraharitae n. sp., a new dampwood termite species (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from India, pp. 309-316 in Zoosystema 38 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.5252/z2016n3a2, http://zenodo.org/record/5154668