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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 12. NIO 15. 



44. Mirotermes Ålleiii n. sp. 



Soldier (Text Figs. 48, 49). Head light yellow, jaws black. 

 Head very short, much shorter than in M. Cheeli Mjöb., 

 very slightly tapering on the sides to the rounded hind- 

 margin, broadest opposite to the root of antennae; f rontal 

 process short and stout, pointed at tip, labrum tapering 

 slightly to the rounded front margin; tooth of left jaw long, 

 cylindrical; antennse 14-jointed, basal joint very stout, twice 

 as long and twice as broad as the 2nd, 3rd slightly longer 

 than 2nd, rounded on the sides, 4th slightly shorter than 



3rd, 5th and following gradually 

 longer, more than twice as long 

 as broad, apical joint very nar- 

 row, tapering to the tip, three times 

 as long as broad; prothorax narrow, 

 ridged in front; abdomen whitish, 

 rounded. 



Measurements: Length of 

 body with jaws 5 mm, length of head 

 with jaws 3,5 mm, length of head 

 without jaws 1,6 6 mm, breadth of 

 head 0,8 9 mm, length of prothorax 

 0,3 mm, breadth • of prothorax 

 0,5 7 mm, hreadth of abdomen 0,9 5 

 mm. 



Worker. Body elongate, nar- 

 row, head light-yellow behind, lighter 

 in front. 



Head small, rounded flattened 

 on the summit; jaws stout and broad; the left one with two 

 apical tenth and a strongly projecting basal part; second 

 apical tooth of right jaw longer than in the left, basal portion 

 much broader and longer. 



Measurements: Length of body 4 mm, length of head 

 0,91 mm, breadth of head 0,7 8 mm, breadth of abdomen 

 1,05 mm. 



The species lived in a small dark ground-nest near Cook- 

 town in North Queensland. 



Named in honour of Mr. Allén, Cairns. 



Text Fig. 48. Head (from 



above) of the soldier of 



Mirotermes Alleni Mjöb. 



n. sp. 



