Nasutitermes

Colony of Nasutitermes luzonicus, copyright Choon Huat Quah.

Belongs within: Nasutitermitinae.

Nasutitermes is a pantropical genus of nasute termites in which soldiers are generally monomorphic and lack a constriction on the head capsule behind the antennal sockets. The genus is poorly defined relative to other nasute genera and may not be monophyletic.

<==Nasutitermes Banks 1920 H42
    |--N. neoparvus IVE07
    `--+--+--N. latifrons IVE07
       |  `--+--N. infuscatus IVE07
       |     `--Trinervitermes IVE07
       |          |--T. biformis [=Eutermes biformis] S57
       |          |--T. geminatus IVE07
       |          |--T. heimi [=Eutermes heimi] S57
       |          |--T. rapulum [=Eutermes rapulum] S57
       |          |--T. rhodesiensis N55
       |          |--T. trinerviformis [=Eutermes trinerviformis] S57
       |          |--T. trinervius S57
       |          `--T. trinervoides HD-S02
       `--+--+--+--N. ceylonicus IVE07 [=Eutermes ceylonicus S57]
          |  |  `--N. lacustris IVE07
          |  `--+--+--N. canaliculatus IVE07
          |     |  `--N. lujae IVE07 [incl. Eutermes lujae S57]
          |     `--+--Malagasitermes milloti IVE07
          |        `--Coarctotermes IVE07
          |             |  i. s.: C. brunneus Noirot 1955 N55
          |             |--C. beharensis IVE07
          |             `--+--C. clepsydra IVE07
          |                `--C. pauliani IVE07
          `--+--+--N. arborum IVE07
             |  `--N. fulleri IVE07
             `--+--N. glabritergus IVE07
                `--+--+--N. similis IVE07
                   |  `--+--N. corniger IVE07
                   |     `--+--N. matangensis IVE07 [=Eutermes matangensis S57]
                   |        `--N. voeltzkowi IVE07
                   `--+--N. graveolus IVE07
                      |--N. triodea (Froggatt 1898) IVE07, J13
                      |--+--N. dasyopsis IVE07
                      |  `--N. nigriceps IVE07 [incl. N. acajutlae S57, N. pilifrons S57]
                      `--+--N. longipennis (Hill 1915) IVE07, J13
                         `--‘Tumulitermes’ pastinator IVE07

Nasutitermes incertae sedis:
  N. amboinensis RD77
  N. aquilinus S57
  N. arenarius S57
  N. bivalens S57
  N. brachynasutus SVT04
  N. brevirostris S57
  N. carnarvonensis WG91
  N. chaquimayensis S57
  N. columbicus S57
  N. corporaali S57
  N. costalis S57
  N. coxipoensis S57
  N. dendrophilus S57
  N. dimorphus SVT04
  N. dixoni WG91
  N. ehrhardti S57
  N. electrodominicus GE05
  N. ephratae S57
  N. exitiosus WG91
  N. fulviceps S57
  N. fumipennis S57
  N. fuscipennis SVT04
  N. gaigei S57
  N. globiceps GE05
  N. guayanae S57
  N. havilandi SVT04
  N. incurvus S57
  N. intermedius S57
  N. itapocuensis S57
  N. jaraguae S57
  N. johoricus SVT04
  N. luzonicus [incl. Eutermes laspinasensis, N. laspinasensis] S57
  N. maculiventris S57
  N. magnus (Froggatt 1898) J13
  N. matagensiformis SVT04
  N. meinerti [=Eutermes meinerti] S57
  N. minimus S57
  N. mojosensis S57
  N. novarumhebridarum S57
  N. octopilis S57
  N. olidus S57
  N. peruanus S57
  N. pilifrons S57
  N. pilosus S57
  N. pluriarticulatus S57
  N. preparvus SVT04
  N. profuscipennis SVT04
  N. proximus S57
  N. rufirostris S57
  N. sanctaeanae S57
  N. surinamensis S57
  N. torquatus S57
  N. tungsalangensis SVT04
  N. usambarensis S57
  N. walkeri WG91

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[HD-S02] Haddad, C. R., & A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman. 2002. The influence of mound structure on the diversity of spiders (Araneae) inhabiting the abandoned mounds of the snouted harvester termite Trinervitermes trinervoides. Journal of Arachnology 30 (2): 403–408.

[H42] Hill, G. F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region (including Australia, New Guinea and islands south of the Equator between 140°E. longitude and 170°W. longitude). Commonwealth of Australia Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: Melbourne.

[IVE07] Inward, D. J. G., A. P. Vogler & P. Eggleton. 2007. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of termites (Isoptera) illuminates key aspects of their evolutionary biology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 953–967.

[J13] Jones, D. T. 2013. The termites of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 241–244.

[N55] Noirot, C. 1955. Termites du centre et du sud-ouest de l'Angola récoltés par A. de Barros Machado. Diamang Publicações Culturais 27: 139–150.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[S57] Seevers, C. H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology 40: 1–334.

[SVT04] Sornnuwat, Y., C. Vongkaluang & Y. Takematsu. 2004. A systematic key to termites of Thailand. Kasetsart Journal of Natural Science 38 (3): 349–368.

[WG91] Watson, J. A. L., & F. J. Gay. 1991. Isoptera (termites). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 330–347. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).