Ahmaditermes parafulvus Tsai & Chen, 1963 黄色钝颚白蚁

Species

Type locality: China: Yunnan Province: ChinPing
Distribution: China, Vietnam

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Summary

Ahmaditermes parafulvus is a species of the genus Ahmaditermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Tsai & Chen in 1963; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: ChinPing. Distribution: China, Vietnam.

Etymology

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

Specific epithet parafulvus: From the descriptive term ‘para’ (beside)

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, Vietnam

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 of the soldier pale reddish yellow, the nasus slightly darker, the rest of the body dull yellow. Head and dorsum of the abdomen covered with fine hairs, the posterior margins of the last few abdominal tergites bearing rows of long hairs, the hairs of the ventral surface longer than those of the dorsum. Large individuals: head oval, longer than wide, narrow in front and broad behind, widest at the posterior end; nasus slender, about half the length of the frons. In profile slightly concave between the vertex and the base of the nasus, the nasus not upturned, its base slightly swollen; mandibles broad, the lateral margins oblique, the anterolateral angle with a spine projecting forwards. Antennae with 13 segments, the second and fourth equal in length, shorter than or equal to the fifth and distinctly shorter than the third. Anterior lobe of the pronotum erect, the angle it makes with the posterior lobe less than 90 degrees, so that the anterior part appears slightly inclined backwards; hind leg extending beyond the end of the abdomen. Small individuals: head nearly round, slightly wider than long, the median depression of the posterior margin distinct, the nasus shorter than the width of the head and not constricted at its base, mandibles without a spine, the sides of the postmentum constricted waist-like, antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum broad and short, the anterior margin slightly concave in the middle and the posterior margin not concave. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi with 4 segments.

Alate

Worker

In the worker the head is deep yellow, the antennae, thorax and abdomen pale yellow, the head and body densely covered with short hairs. The dorsum of the head with a Y-shaped suture, antennae with 13 to 14 segments. In both the left and right mandibles the posterior edge of the apical tooth is longer than the anterior edge of the first marginal tooth; in the left mandible the anterior and posterior edges of the third marginal tooth are almost equal in length, the first and second marginal teeth fused with each other; in the right mandible the distance between the apical tooth and the first marginal tooth is shorter than that between the first and second marginal teeth. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi with 4 segments.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Soldiers are pale reddish yellow with a darker nasus. The head is oval, longer than wide and widest behind, and the slender nasus is about half its length; the mandible is broad with an oblique lateral margin and a forward-pointing spine at the anterolateral corner, and antennae have 13 segments. Small individuals have a rounder head, a nasus shorter than the head width, and mandibles without a spine. Workers show a Y-shaped frontal suture, 13 to 14 antennal segments, and a left mandible whose third marginal tooth is as long in front as behind.

Biology

Distribution and locality

Mengla, Jinping, Yunnan, 370–580 m above sea level.

Taxonomic notes

The original work placed this species in the genus Peribulbitermes; this site now assigns it to the genus Ahmaditermes.

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 401 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 BackboneNo link: only the higher taxon Ahmaditermes Akhtar, 1975 is in GBIF, which has no separate record for this species.
Catalogue of Life Ahmaditermes parafulvus (Chen & Tsai, 1963) accepted
World checklist Blattodea Species FileAhmaditermes parafulvus (Chen & Tsai, 1963) validauto-matched

⚠ GBIF currently lists only the higher taxon. Typically a name is recently described, rarely recorded, or not yet indexed externally; our record is unaffected.

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 parafulvus 黄色钝颚白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-parafulvus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_ahmaditermes_parafulvus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Ahmaditermes parafulvus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-parafulvus/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
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DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -