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W. A. SANDS 



Nasutitermes schoutedeni (Sjostedt) 

 (Text-figs. 22, 23, 95-99, 215, 216; Map 12) 



Congo, Basongo. 

 Congo, Kasai, Kondue. 



Type locality : Congo, Kasai, Kondue. 



Congo, Luebo. syn. n. 

 Congo, Haut Uele, Moto. 



Eutermes [Euterm.es) schoutedeni Sjostedt, 1924 : 40. Type locality : 

 Eutermes (Eutermes) konduensis Sjostedt, 1924 : 40. Type locality 



syn. n. 

 Eutermes (Eutermes) putidus Sjostedt, 1924 : 40 



syn. n. 

 Eutermes (Eutermes) aethiops Sjostedt, 1924 : 41. Type locality : 

 Eutermes (Eutermes) dulcis Sjostedt, 1924b : 494. Type locality 



syn. n. 

 Eutermes schoutedeni Sjostedt ; Sjostedt, 1926 : 314. 

 Eutermes konduensis Sjostedt ; Sjostedt, 1926 : 307. 

 Eutermes putidus Sjostedt ; Sjostedt, 1926 : 314. 

 Eutermes aethiops Sjostedt ; Sjostedt, 1926 : 318. 

 Eutermes dulcis Sjostedt ; Sjostedt, 1926 : 297. 



Nasutitermes chapini Emerson, 1928 : 480. Type locality : Congo, Ngayu. syn. n. 

 Nasutitermes schoutedeni (Sjostedt) Snyder, 1949 : 297. 

 Nasutitermes konduensis (Sjostedt) Snyder, 1949 : 282. 

 Nasutitermes putidus (Sjostedt) Snyder, 1949 : 294. 

 Nasutitermes aethiops (Sjostedt) Snyder, 1949 : 265. 

 Nasutitermes dulcis (Sjostedt) Snyder, 1949 : 274. 

 Nasutitermes chapini Emerson ; Sands, 1957 : 8. 



Imago. Previously undescribed. Head capsule dark sepia brown, postclypeus and antennae 

 sepia brown, labrum brown. Pronotum and abdominal tergites dark sepia brown ; meso- and 

 metanota and lateral parts of abdominal sternites sepia brown, legs and middle of abdominal 

 sternites yellow-brown. Wings, membrane pale translucent sepia brown, subcosta and radial 

 sector yellow-brown, radial sector lined posteriorly with dark brown ; other venation brown. 



Posterior margin of head capsule behind eyes evenly rounded, less than semi-circular ; fon- 

 tanelle small, pale, weakly bifurcate in front ; eyes moderately prominent in proportion to own 

 diameter, slightly angular oval, medium sized relative to head width, W/E index 2-9-3-1 ; 

 ocelli medium sized, separated from eyes by a half to threequarters own least diameter ; post- 

 clypeus weakly inflated, width 36 times length, anterior margin slightly sinuate, posterior 

 convex, almost straight in middle, curved to outer corners ; antennae 15 segmented, II longer 

 than IV, IV longer than V, V longer than III. 

 Cerci of § about as long as width across base. 

 Measurements (8 specimens from 2 localities) in millimetres. 



Range Mean 



1-33-1-40 . . 137 



0-44-0-46 . . 045 



0-11-0-13 x 0-15-0-18 . . 012 x 0-16 



008-0-10 . . 0-08 



1-10-1-17 • • I ' I 4 



0-66-0-74 . . 071 



1-58-1-68 . . 1-63 



11-50-12-40 . . 11-90 



Head width across eyes 

 Greatest diameter of eye 

 Ocellus 

 Ocellus to eye 

 Width of pronotum 

 Length of pronotum 

 Length of hind tibia 

 Length of fore wing 



Morphotype. Ivory Coast : Abidjan, xi.1949 (R. Geigy). 

 American Museum, Natural History. 



Morphotype $ in 



Soldier. Head capsule orange-yellow to ferruginous orange, nose ferruginous to chestnut 

 brown with reddish tip. Pronotum and antennae as head capsule. Abdominal tergites and 

 legs yellow, abdominal sternites pale yellow. 



