Odontotermes takensis Ahmad 1965

Odontotermes takensis Ahmad, 1965 Type data: Holotype; locality at Tak, Thailand. Material examined: The specimens of O. takensis were collected from the dry evergreen forest at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi, and the deciduous dipterocarp forest at Khun Chae National Park in Chiang Rai province, at Phu Ruea National Park in Loei province, and at Phu Toei National Park in Suphan Buri province. Thirty soldier termites were used for describing. Soldier case: thorax and legs have reddish brown in color, abdomen sternites light brown, vertex reddish brown (Fig. 1K). Head; reddish brown, sparsely hairy, subrectangular head capsule, slightly longer than broad; the lateral margin weakly convex, length of head at side base of mandibles with 1.47 mm to 1.58 mm, width of head at side base of mandibles with 0.80 mm to 0.85 mm. Antennae; 16 segments, the second segment as long as the third and fourth combined, the fourth the shortest. Mandible; dark brown, short and stout, left mandible with a small, laterally directed tooth a little anterior to middle, the right mandible with two small denticles, one nearly in the middle and the other at the base, length of left mandible with 0.75 mm to 0.80 mm. Labrum; dome-shaped, longer than broad, sides convex, maximally wide in the middle, reddish brown and lighter at bases, long hairs along the lateral sides and at the tip. Pronotum; light brown, saddlesshaped, wider than long with anterior margins lightly notched, the posterior margin emarginate, the lateral lobes broadly rounded, pronotum length with 0.49 mm to 0.52 mm, pronotum width with 0.88 mm to 0.91 mm. Postmentum; moderately curved, about 1.5-fold as long as broad, broadest in the middle; lateral margins convex, a few hairs anteriorly; pronotum with scattered short hairs and medium hairs. Distribution: Thailand.