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: EukaryotaKingdom: 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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