Ceylonitermes indicola (Thakur, 1976) Thakur.

Gathorne-Hardy, Frederick, 2001, A review of the South-East Asian Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termidae), with descriptions of one new genus and a new species and including a key to the genera, Journal of Natural History 35 (10), pp. 1485-1506 : 1495-1496

Ceylonitermes indicola

Worker and minor soldier are described in Thakur (1976: 15–17).

Major soldiers deposited in Bogor Zoological Museum, Bogor, Indonesia; Syiah Kuala University, Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Indonesia and the Natural History Museum, London, U K.

Measurements. See table 3.

Major soldier. H ead capsule, antennae and pronotum colour varies from reddish yellow to yellowish red. Legs yellow to reddish yellow. Head capsule in plan view has straight sides, which converge on to the front. Setae are very sparse on the head capsule, which is smooth and shiny. Nasus is shorter than head capsule behind antennae and is parallel sided for most of its length. The tip of the nasus has four large setae around the rim. Thirteen antennal articles. Postmentum is weakly and evenly convex, with sides more or less uniformly concave and at the most, one or two setae. Pronotum in plan view is broadly lobed in the middle, with the front margin entire. In pro fi le view the anterior lobe is smaller than the posterior.

Tables

Table 3.

	Range (mm)	Mean (mm)	SD
Ceylonitermes indicola major soldier, 14 specimens from two sites
Head length	1.711 –1.968	1.817	0.092
Head width	1.05 –1.384	1.21	0.096
Head length to base of rostrum	1.19 –1.431	1.307	0.068
Rostrum length	0.397– 0.63	0.51	0.06
Rostrum:head ratio	0.302 –0.513	0.391	0.051
Head height	0.865 –1.061	0.962	0.093
Height pronotum	0.178–0.216	0.194	0.012
Width pronotum	0.462 –0.563	0.504	0.032
Hind tibia length	1.014–1.17	1.103	0.045