Ahmaditermes pingnanensis Li, 1979 屏南钝颚白蚁

Species

Type locality: China: Zhejiang Province: Longquan County: Pingnan Commune, Luomuqiao
Distribution: Zhejiang (Longquan), Fujian (Pingnan850m)

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Summary

Ahmaditermes pingnanensis is a species of the genus Ahmaditermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Li in 1979; the type locality is China: Zhejiang Province: Longquan County: Pingnan Commune, Luomuqiao. Distribution: Zhejiang (Longquan), Fujian (Pingnan850m).

Etymology

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

Specific epithet pingnanensis: Named after the locality Pingnan

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: Zhejiang (Longquan), Fujian (Pingnan850m)

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 yellow, nasus deep brown, thoracic nota pale yellow, abdomen greyish white. The dorsum of the abdomen with a covering of short hairs, the fine hairs of the ventral surface longer. Head longer than wide, narrower at the anterior third and constricted there; nasus longer than half the length of the head, with a longitudinal ridge in the middle of its dorsum extending backwards to the middle of the head; in profile slightly concave between the nasus and the dorsum of the head. Antennae with 13 segments, the fourth shortest, the third and fifth about equal in length. Pronotum rather narrow, only about half as wide as the head, its anterior and posterior parts meeting almost at a right angle; abdomen broader than the head. Small soldier: head pale yellow, nasus pale, chaetotaxy as in the large soldier; antennae with 12 segments, the third shortest, the second and fourth about equal in length.

Alate

Head blackish brown, pronotum brown, meso- and metanotum yellowish brown, abdominal tergites the same colour as the pronotum, sternites paler; the intersegmental membrane between the tergites and the sternites densely covered with fine hairs; legs yellowish brown, wings brown. Compound eyes large and protruding, black, elongate-oval; ocelli oval, situated on the inner side of the compound eyes; fontanelle between the two compound eyes, a pale Y-shaped patch. Antennae with 15 segments, the third shortest, the second slightly longer than the fourth, the fourth again slightly longer than the fifth. Anterior margin of the pronotum slightly depressed in the middle, the posterior margin narrower, with a notch in the middle. Forewing: the anterior margin formed by the subcosta and a section of the radius, the radial sector closely appressed behind it, media arising independently at the basal suture and dividing into four branches; the radial sector and the media widely separated, with indistinct fine reticulate veins between them; the cubitus closer to the media, with 8–9 branches. Hindwing: media arising from the radial sector, the rest of the venation similar to that of the forewing; wing hairs short and small.

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Soldiers have a yellow head that narrows and is constricted at the front third, a dark brown nasus more than half the head length, and a low mid-dorsal ridge running back to the middle of the head. Antennae have 13 segments and the pronotum is only about half as wide as the head. The small soldier is paler with 12 antennal segments. Alates are blackish brown with large protruding eyes, 15 antennal segments, a narrow pronotum notched at the rear, and a forewing media dividing into four branches.

Biology

Distribution and locality

Longquan, Zhejiang; Pingnan, Fujian, 850 m above sea level.

Taxonomic notes

The genus name in the original work is spelt Ahmadite; it is now assigned to the genus Ahmaditermes.

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 469 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 pingnanensis accepted Ahmaditermes pingnanensis (Li, 1979) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Ahmaditermes pingnanensis (Li, 1979) accepted
WikidataQ140234524taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileAhmaditermes pingnanensis (Li, 1979) 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 pingnanensis 屏南钝颚白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-pingnanensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_ahmaditermes_pingnanensis_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Ahmaditermes pingnanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-pingnanensis/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

TY  - ELEC
TI  - Ahmaditermes pingnanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)
AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
UR  - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ahmaditermes-pingnanensis/
DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -