Ahmaditermes guizhouensis 贵州钝颚白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guizhou Province: Cheting: Weinan Plantation
- Distribution
- China (Guizhou)
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Summary
Ahmaditermes guizhouensis is a species of the genus Ahmaditermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Li & Ping in 1982; the type locality is China: Guizhou Province: Cheting: Weinan Plantation. Distribution: China (Guizhou).
Etymology
Genus name Ahmaditermes: Named after the termite taxonomist Muzaffer Ahmad; -termes from Latin termes.
Specific epithet guizhouensis: After Guizhou (China)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Ahmaditermes — 21 species
- Type species of the genus: Ahmaditermes pyricephalus
Distribution
- Distribution records: China (Guizhou)
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Recorded in Fauna Sinica
The morphological and biological accounts below are taken from Fauna Sinica and related literature; only structure and punctuation have been standardized here.
Morphology
Soldier
Head, antennae and anterior part of the pronotum reddish yellow, nasus brownish yellow, the rest of the body pale yellow and nearly white. The tip of the nasus bears sparse short hairs, the head, thorax and abdominal tergites with sparse pilosity. Head somewhat an equilateral triangle, narrowest at the base of the nasus, constricted behind the antennal sockets and then markedly widening posteriorly, widest near the posterior end; posterior margin of the head shallowly concave in the middle, the posterior part swollen, the posterior margin forming an arc. Nasus short, about half the length of the head, not upturned in profile, slightly concave in the middle. Mandibles blunt, without a pointed projection at the tip. Antennae with 13 segments, the third longer than the second, the fourth shorter than the second. Pronotum very short, more than three times as wide as long, its anterior and posterior halves meeting almost at right angles.
Alate
Worker
In the worker the first marginal tooth of the left mandible is slightly shorter than the apical tooth, or nearly as long as the apical tooth; the second marginal tooth lies close to the molar plate, extremely small, projecting as a small triangle; the cutting edge between the first and second marginal teeth smooth; the anterior cutting edge of the molar plate straight. First marginal tooth of the right mandible pointed, the second short and blunt. The T-shaped marking on the pronotum and the ocellus-like spots at the anterolateral angles are both very distinct; the anterior margin of the pronotum nearly straight, the posterior margin widely and deeply concave; the posterior margins of the mesonotum and metanotum each with an inverted V-shaped depression.
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are small termites whose head is shaped like an equilateral triangle, narrowest at the base of a short nasus that reaches about half the head length. In profile the nasus is level, with a slight median hollow. The antennae have 13 segments, and the pronotum is extremely short, more than three times as wide as long, its two halves meeting at nearly a right angle. Workers show a nearly straight pronotal front margin, a deeply excised hind margin, and a conspicuous T-shaped marking on the pronotum.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Weinan, Ceheng, Guizhou, 780 m above sea level.
Taxonomic notes
The genus name recorded in the original work is spelt Ahmeditermes; it is now unified under the genus Ahmaditermes.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 466 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.
Distribution map
No GBIF record with coordinates was found for this species.
Related papers
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- A NEW SPECIES OF AHMADITERMES FROM CHINA (TERMITIDAE: NASUTITERMITINAE)
Abstract
There are 4 species of genus Ahmaditermes discovered from China: 1. A. deltochalus (Tsai et Chen 1963) Fujian, Yunnan, Guangdong (Hainan) 2. A. sinuosus (Tsai et Chen 1963) Fujian,Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan. 3. A. pyricephalus Akhtar 1975. Hunan (Yizhang Xian) 4. A. smensis, sp. nov. The last one,is collected from Tibet-Survey corps of Academia Sinica duringautumn 1974 and considered new to science. Ahmaditermes sinensis, sp. nov. Major soldier (figs. 1--3) Body longth 4.15mm. Head yellow, lighter posteriory, nasus reddish brown.Head without nasus pear shaped or more like the violintrunk, head width larger thanlong, broadest in middle, lateral. sides sliglhtly emarginated below antennal carinae,and strongly, bulging in posterior half, posterior margin emarginated prominently inmiddle, vertex with some long bristles, nasus slightly upturned, tip. milky white,translucently, scattered with small hairs, Fontanelle tube prominent, extending tobefore middle of head. Antennae with 12 articles, sometimes 13. lst longest, cylin-drical. 3rd shortest and narrow. cylindrical, article 34 in the case of 12. whilewith 13 articles 34, 5--11 broader, moniliform, last one slender, ovoid, and ligh-ter, lst.hairless, 2--3 lesser hairy, 4--12 more hairy. Labrum broader than long,anterior margin plainly straight, mandibles without point. pronotum saddle shaped,anterior margin with small hairs, Abdominal fergites with long bristles, sternitespubescent. This new species allied A. pyricephalus Akhtar closely, but differs from it bynasus slender and longer, nasus length oceupiedo 0.45~+ of head length with nasus,while the head and nasus of A. pyricephalus much broader and shorter respectively,nasus length occupied 0.31~+ of head length with nasus. Holotype: soldir; Medo Xian: Ya-Rang (1000 m.) Tibet, 1974. Ⅸ. 1. collectedby Hwang Fu-sheng. Paratypes: Soldiers, workers (Locality, date collected see holotype)All types deposited in Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica.
- Two New Species of the Genus Odontotermes and Ahmaditermes (Isoptera:Termitidae From Guizhou,China)
Abstract
- First record of Ahmaditermes emersoni Maiti (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from Meghalaya, India
Abstract
The nasutiform termite species Ahmaditermes emersoni Maiti is reported from Meghalaya, India for the first time. All the studied samples of the species were collected from betel nut plantation in Mawlynnong area of East Khasi Hill district of the state. Morphology of both the soldier and worker castes of the species was studied in detail and the identification was done based on their morphological characteristics. Redescription of morphology and revision of morphometric of both the soldier and worker castes are provided in this article. With the record of this species, the genus Ahmaditermes is also reported for the first time from the state.
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Other species in Ahmaditermes (20 species)
- Ahmaditermes choui
- Ahmaditermes crassinasus
- Ahmaditermes deltocephalus
- Ahmaditermes dinghuensis
- Ahmaditermes dukouensis
- Ahmaditermes emersoni
- Ahmaditermes foveafrons
- Ahmaditermes laticephalus
- Ahmaditermes lipingensis
- Ahmaditermes parafulvus
- Ahmaditermes perisinuosus
- Ahmaditermes pingnanensis
- Ahmaditermes pyricephalus
- Ahmaditermes sichuanensis
- Ahmaditermes sikkimensis
- Ahmaditermes sinensis
- Ahmaditermes sinuosus
- Ahmaditermes tianmuensis
- Ahmaditermes tiantongensis
- Ahmaditermes xiangyunensis
Cite this species
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GB/T 7714
班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Ahmaditermes guizhouensis 贵州钝颚白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-guizhouensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ahmaditermes_guizhouensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ahmaditermes guizhouensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-guizhouensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ahmaditermes guizhouensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-guizhouensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -