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KEY TO THE GENERA OF TERMITES OF THE EASTERN STATES BASED ON HABITS 
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Head of soldier elongate and flattened, light-colored _____ Kalotermes. 
: pp. 90-91. 
Darkeorsolackishees Feces So ee Boek Cryptotermes, p. 91. 
Castaneous and apex of tibia of foreleg with spur__Calcaritermes, p. 91. 
Soldiers with long, slender, S-shaped mandibles__ Reticulitermes, p. 92. 
Soldiers with long, slender, straight mandibles____ Heterotermes, p. 93. 
KEY TO TERMITES OF THE EASTERN STATES BASED ON WINGED ADULTS 
Fontanelle, or head gland, absent; forewing scale usually not much 
longer than pronotum; branches between costal and subcostal 
Fontanelle usually present; forewing scale definitely longer than 
pronotum; no branches between costal veins 
Median vein heavy, close to costal vein 
Median vein light, free from costal veins___._._........__- Kalotermes 
Median vein light, usually united with subcostal vein near middle 
OLS AUN tne et ae MF Nt aes a. dea ee Se Cry ptotermes 
Wings smoky; coarsely punctate, small species 
Calcaritermes nearcticus Snyder, p. 91. 
Wanesnclearlarve Species <2. os. oe Neotermes 
) UNA VIKG (SE eel ra N. castaneus Burmeister, p. 91. 
J ED AYA) OVE Yel Os tee le te py ee ep N. angustoculus Snyder, p. 91. 
@Colomblackishs Fes Stes Slee K. approximatus Snyder, p. 90. 
Color yellowish or lsht-castaneous.2-. 2.2 a 
Short hairs on tergites; length 10 mm______-_ K. joutelt Banks, p. 91. 
Momszerectanairgon teroltesn 2 22 fe ove ee ee eee ee ee 
Ocelli oblique; head yellowish; length 15 to 16 mm. 
K. schwarzt Banks, p. 90. 
Ocelli round; head yellowish; length 11 to 12 mm. 
K. snyderi Light, p. 90. 
IeniothelO hm es si e s Cryptotermes brevis Walker, p. 91. 
(Genet stoemirms: Ste Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks, p. 91. 
Median vein absent; fontanelle very distinct; yellow-brown; length 
Opranit ines sess ere Se = Prorhinotermes simplex Hagen, p. 91. 
INiechiamaveingpreseintts att xh Sse Se ee eA Z pe 
Wing membrane not reticulate; wing margins ciliate; fontanelle 
Imc@istimetporzalsents=— 2.2 2h. olla Heterotermes sp., p. 93. 
Wing membrane markedly reticulate, fontanelle indistinct 
Reticulitermes 
Color yellowish; length 8 mm. R. hageni Banks, p. 98. 
Colors cleis ines ta Soni Gere sos. Pali i a Pe eee ge ences 
Tibia always more or less plainly blackened; length 10 mm. 
R. tibialis Banks, p. 92. 
Milo artisialnyapalec woke sere cae. Ne Dee ees aS 
Wings whitish; ocelli much less than diameter from eye; length 8 
HIT Maree ern te I al Ac ain Le R. virginicus Banks, p. 93. 
VV aan sm eirany s(t Samat eRe eee Rl Nar 2 i ie na ae Sere ae 
Ocelli plainly more than diameter from eye; length 10 mm. 
; R. flavipes Kollar, p. 92. 
Ocelli less than diameter from eye; tibia pale, length 9 to 10 mm. 
R. arenincola Goellner, p. 93. 
KEY TO TERMITES OF THE EASTERN STATES BASED ON SOLDIERS 
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Mandibles with prominent marginal teeth__-_-_--_---------------- 
Mandibles without prominent marginal teeth_____-_-------- 
Hind femora slender; third segment antennae not modified 
Neotermes, p. 91. 
Hind femora swollen; third segment antennae modified. Aalotermes 
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