Extant Isoptera Latin–Chinese name comparison list
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Extant Isoptera (Termites) — Latin–Chinese Name Comparison List 现存等翅下目（白蚁）拉丁学名—中文正名对照名录

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Genus Zootermopsis · 动白蚁属

Family Archotermopsidae · 3 species, 2 subspecies

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2587 records · 125 grid cells · 3 species · GeoJSON · 古白蚁科

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Zootermopsis angusticollis 狭颈动白蚁（iNaturalist observer ethologist，CC0）
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Zootermopsis angusticollis 狭颈动白蚁（iNaturalist observer tywepp，CC0）
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Zootermopsis angusticollis 狭颈动白蚁（iNaturalist observer tywepp，CC0）
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Zootermopsis angusticollis 狭颈动白蚁（(c) wordjourneys, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)，CC BY-SA）
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Zootermopsis angusticollis 狭颈动白蚁（(c) Mark Wagner, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
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Zootermopsis angusticollis 狭颈动白蚁（(c) Mark Wagner, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
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About the genus

This genus belongs to the family Archotermopsidae 古白蚁科; the site records 3 species, 2 subspecies.

Type species: Zootermopsis angusticollis.

This page includes a distribution map for the genus (GBIF records aggregated on a 1° grid); open a species entry to see its type locality, distribution, and references.

Etymology

From Greek zōon (animal) + -termopsis (term- + -opsis).

The etymologies in this section are analytical breakdowns; the roots follow Brown (1956).

Morphology

The descriptions below are an adaptation of the original genus-level accounts; terms follow the meaning of the source, and the original is not transcribed verbatim.

Soldier

Large mandibulate soldier; antennae with more than 20 segments; cerci conspicuous in all castes.

Sources: De Luna, M., Scheffrahn, R. H., García-Barrios, R. & Cuéllar-Rodríguez, C. 2023. Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of Canada, continental USA, and Mexico: an identification key to families and genera, checklist of species, and new records for Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 39: 1–30. doi:10.21829/azm.2023.3912484, couplet 2, pp. 4–11 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.

Literature notes

Edited notes based on the original literature, not transcriptions. The source markers in each paragraph point to archived records in .sources; full citations are listed below.

Restriction of Archotermopsidae

According to the abstract, Wang et al. (2022) showed that Archotermopsidae is paraphyletic and restricted the family to Archotermopsis and Zootermopsis; in the same analysis Hodotermitidae was monophyletic, and Stolotermitidae diverged from Hodotermitidae + Archotermopsidae about 100 Ma ago.

References

Literature notes updated: 2026-11-12.

Species (3 species, 2 subspecies)

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