Ahmaditermes perisinuosus 近丘额钝颚白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangxi Province: Huashuichong Forest: Hexian
- Distribution
- Guangxi (Hexian Huashuichong)
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Summary
Ahmaditermes perisinuosus is a species of the genus Ahmaditermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Li & Xiao in 1989; the type locality is China: Guangxi Province: Huashuichong Forest: Hexian. Distribution: Guangxi (Hexian Huashuichong).
Etymology
Genus name Ahmaditermes: Named after the termite taxonomist Muzaffer Ahmad; -termes from Latin termes.
Specific epithet perisinuosus: Latin per- (very) + sinuosus (wavy), very sinuous
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: Guangxi (Hexian Huashuichong)
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 and antennae deep yellow, nasus brown. Head almost glabrous, the tip of the nasus with sparse soft hairs of unequal length; the anterior margin of the pronotum with only a few microchaetae. Head gourd-shaped, longer than wide, widest near the posterior end; distinctly narrowed behind the antennal sockets; the posterior margin of the head slightly concave inwards in the middle; in profile the nasus straight. Mandibles blunt, no pointed spine visible. Antennae with 13 segments, the fourth shortest, the third shorter than the second or nearly equal to it. Anterior part of the pronotum upturned, meeting the posterior part at about a right angle, neither the anterior nor the posterior margin with a median notch. Small soldier paler than the large soldier, the pilosity of the whole body very sparse; head also gourd-shaped, constricted behind the antennal sockets, widest at the occiput, the posterior margin shallowly incised in the middle; mandibles blunt and without a spine; antennae with 13 segments, the third short and small; neither the anterior nor the posterior margin of the pronotum concave in the middle.
Alate
Dorsum of head, thorax and abdomen blackish brown, antennae and wings brown, compound eyes purplish black, legs and sternites pale brown, the dorsum of each body segment densely covered with long and short pubescence. Head nearly round; fontanelle a narrow elongated slit, in profile depressed in the middle of its posterior margin; compound eyes oval and protruding, ocelli oval and slightly convex, the distance between ocellus and compound eye about equal to the diameter of the ocellus and greater than the distance from the compound eye to the lower margin of the head; postclypeus raised, the median suture distinct, about three times as wide as long. Antennae with 15 segments, the third short and small. Apical tooth of the left mandible almost as large as the first marginal tooth, the third marginal tooth short and small, the cutting edge between the marginal teeth slightly wavy. The T-shaped marking on the pronotum distinct, the anterior margin without a notch, the posterior margin slightly concave in the middle. Forewing: media arising independently at the wing-base suture, close to the cubitus, without branches behind it, cubitus with 10 to 11 branches; hindwing: media arising from the base of the radial sector, with two branches near the cubitus, cubitus with eight branches.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a gourd-shaped head, longer than broad and widest near the rear, with a straight nasus in profile and blunt mandibles lacking any spine. Antennae have 13 segments, the fourth shortest. The pronotum is upturned in front and meets the rear part at a right angle, without a median notch on either margin. Alates are blackish brown above, with a nearly circular head, a slit-like fontanelle, 15 antennal segments, and a forewing media arising independently at the basal suture.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Huashuichong, Hexian, Guangxi.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 468 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
Cached papers for this genus (matched automatically, for reference); to search this species with its junior synonyms merged in, use the literature search.
- 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 guizhouensis
- Ahmaditermes laticephalus
- Ahmaditermes lipingensis
- Ahmaditermes parafulvus
- 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 perisinuosus 近丘额钝颚白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-perisinuosus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ahmaditermes_perisinuosus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ahmaditermes perisinuosus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-perisinuosus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ahmaditermes perisinuosus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-perisinuosus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -