Cataulacus recticulatus

Cataulacus recticulatus are arboreal dwelling ants living inside branches of trees.

Family: Formicidae: 36668
Subfamily: Myrmicinae 34695
Tribe: Cataulacini 144002

Genus: Cataulacus 191817

Species: recticulatus 

Last Updated: 2013 07 17
First Posted: 2013 07 17
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Euhamiltermes

The soldier of this species of termites has an opened-mandibles rest state. The mandibles when at rest of the soldiers are opened. Soldiers measured at slightly over 5 millimeteres with the workers over 4 millimeters when  not constricted (which happened when they are stressed). Euhamitermes hamatus was the only species recorded here (in Singapore and Malacca) and looks very similar to this species but with minor differences (just from the head and mandibles alone).

Soldier and workers of Euhamitermes. The workers constrict their abdomen when stressed.

Taxonomy

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Bilateria
Branch: Protostomia
Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Mandibulata
Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Superclass: Panhexapoda
Epiclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Dicondylia
Infraclass: Pterygota
Superorder: Dictyoptera 6970
Order: Isoptera 7499
Family: Termitidae 46569
Subfamily: Apicotermitinae 92739
Group: Speculitermes group
Genus: Euhamitermes 229712


Last Updated: 2013 09 20
First Posted: 2013 07 07
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