Ahmaditermes lipingensis Ping & Xu, 1988 黎平钝颚白蚁

Species

Type locality: China: Guizhou Province: Liping
Distribution: Guizhou (Liping)

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Summary

Ahmaditermes lipingensis is a species of the genus Ahmaditermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1988; the type locality is China: Guizhou Province: Liping. Distribution: Guizhou (Liping).

Etymology

Genus name Ahmaditermes: Named after the termite taxonomist Muzaffer Ahmad; -termes from Latin termes.

Specific epithet lipingensis: Named after the locality Liping

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: Guizhou (Liping)

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 brownish yellow, nasus brown with a reddish tinge, antennae yellowish brown, thorax, abdomen and legs pale yellow tinged with brown, the anterior half of the pronotum brown. Head hairs very sparse, only two long hairs behind the vertex; the anterior half and the tip of the nasus with more short hairs, the base of the nasus with a few short hairs in addition; the abdominal tergites with more microchaetae, the posterior margin of each segment occasionally interspersed with several long hairs. Small soldier very similar to the large soldier, only smaller in body size, the head slightly longer than wide or nearly equal in length and width, antennae with 12 segments.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Only the soldier caste is treated. The head is yellowish brown, the nasus reddish brown, the thorax, abdomen and legs pale yellow tinged with brown, and the front half of the pronotum darker. Setae are very sparse: two long ones stand behind the vertex, the nasus carries short hairs on its front half and apex, and the abdominal tergites bear fine pubescence with occasional long hairs. The small soldier resembles the large one but is shorter, with a head as long as broad and 12 antennal segments.

Biology

Distribution and locality

Liping, Guizhou.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 467 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.

Other databases

The links below are produced by matching the scientific name against public APIs, for cross-checking. The checklist data itself is unchanged.

GBIF Backbone Ahmaditermes lipingensis accepted Ahmaditermes lipingensis Ping & Xu, 1988 · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Ahmaditermes lipingensis Ping & Xu, 1988 accepted
WikidataQ140234521taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileAhmaditermes lipingensis Ping & Xu, 1988 validauto-matched

✔ Consistent with the accepted names in GBIF and Catalogue of Life.

Sources：GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · Catalogue of Life (3LR, 2026-10-14 · doi:10.48580/dgzh4) · Wikidata (P225) · Blattodea Species File. Retrieved on 2026-11-13 (UTC). Matching method and decision rules are described on the data page.

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Related papers

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A NEW SPECIES OF AHMADITERMES FROM CHINA (TERMITIDAE: NASUTITERMITINAE)
Pei-Hsuan Tsai · 1979 · Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica
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)
LI Gui-xiang, Ping Zheng-ming · 1982 ·
Abstract
First record of Ahmaditermes emersoni Maiti (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from Meghalaya, India
Khirod Sankar Das, Sudipta Choudhury · 2023 · ENTOMON
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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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Ahmaditermes lipingensis 黎平钝颚白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-lipingensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_ahmaditermes_lipingensis_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Ahmaditermes lipingensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-lipingensis/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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TI  - Ahmaditermes lipingensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)
AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
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DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -