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Description:

Pseudotrichomympha are hypermastigids of large size (300-500 µm) with a rostrum bearing long flagella separated from the post-rostral part which is covered with flagella arranged in longitudinal or oblique rows. Axostylar filament in the anterior half of the body, central nucleus. At the time of writing, with about 20 species occurring in several termites such as Coptotermes, Heterotermes. Pseudotrichonympha hertwigi from Coptotermes acinaciformis (protargol).