Amitermes hastatus Haviland, 1898 长矛弓白蚁

Species

Type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope: Port Elizabeth
Distribution: southern Africa, Tanzania

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Summary

Amitermes hastatus is a species of the genus Amitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Amitermitinae). The species was described by Haviland in 1898; the type locality is South Africa: Cape of Good Hope: Port Elizabeth. Distribution: southern Africa, Tanzania. This site records 11 junior synonyms for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Amitermes: Etymology uncertain; -termes from Latin termes.

Specific epithet hastatus: Latin hastatus (spear-shaped)

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Amitermitinae — 14 genera, 194 species
Genus: Amitermes — 113 species
Type species of the genus: Amitermes amifer

Distribution

Distribution records: southern Africa, Tanzania

The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.

Junior synonyms

This site records 11 junior synonyms for the species, listed by their original literature source:

Hamitermes runconifer Silvestri, 1908: 77-78 — type locality: Botswana: Kalahari: Kooa-Sekgoma
Hamitermes hastatus capicola Silvestri, 1914: 78-80 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Stellenbosch
Hamitermes gunni Fuller, 1922: 126 — type locality: Cape Province: Wellington
Hamitermes kellyi Fuller, 1922: 126 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Clumber, Trapper Valley
Hamitermes zuurbergi Fuller, 1922: 126 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Grahamstown
Hamitermes atlanticus Fuller, 1922: 128 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Zuurberg, Somerset East
Hamitermes murraysburgi Fuller, 1922: 128 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Camps Bay
Hamitermes libertatis Fuller, 1922: 127 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Murraysburg
Hamitermes londonensis Fuller, 1922: 126 — type locality: South Africa: Orange Free State: Bloemfontein
Hamitermes kenhardti Fuller, 1922: 128 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: East London
Hamitermes schoombiensis Fuller, 1922: 126 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Kenhardt District

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonyms above (Hamitermes runconifer, Hamitermes hastatus capicola, Hamitermes gunni, Hamitermes kellyi, Hamitermes zuurbergi, Hamitermes atlanticus, Hamitermes murraysburgi, Hamitermes libertatis); this site treats them all under Amitermes hastatus.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Haviland, 1898. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

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Distribution map

Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.

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655 records · 17 grid cells · GeoJSON · Amitermes · checklist extant taxa only

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 Amitermes hastatus accepted Amitermes hastatus (Haviland, 1898) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Amitermes hastatus (Haviland, 1898) accepted
World checklist Blattodea Species FileAmitermes hastatus (Haviland, 1898) 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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Protozoa in Termites of the Genus Amitermes
Harold Kirby · 1932 · Parasitology
Abstract
1. Six species of Amitermes, one from Panama and five from California, have been examined for protozoa. Certain protozoa have been found in many or all individuals examined of all species, but they are much less abundant than are flagellates in termites of the three xylophagous families below the Termitidae. 2. Trichomonas lighti n.sp. has been found in all species, but not in all individuals. 3. Chilomastix minuta n.sp. occurs in Amitermes beaumonti. 4. Embadomonas termitis n.sp. is described from Amitermes beaumonti. 5. Endamoeba beaumonti n.sp. has been observed in five host species. In its size and nuclear structure it resembles Endamoeba disparata of Mirotermes hispaniolae. 6. Nyctotherus silvestrianus n.sp. has been found in three of the Californian species. It resembles N. termitis and N. ovalis, but is larger than the former and smaller than the latter. A long filament is attached to the end of the cytopharynx. A thickened, V-shaped structure lies against the cyto-pharynx. Several deeply staining fibrils arise from this V. 7. A coccidian has been found in one individual of Amitermes minimus. This forms sixteen banana-formed merozoites and three sporoblasts as in Chagasella. 8. Micro-organisms other than protozoa are very abundant in the intestines of all six species of Amitermes, and they are similar in all.
Amitermes sp. and morphological comparison with Amitermes vilis Hagen (Termitidae- Isoptera)
R Ghayourfar, M. Esmaili · 1991 ·
Abstract
The termite genus Amitermes in Africa and the Middle East.
William A. Sands · 1992 · OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique)
Abstract

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Other species in Amitermes (112 species)

112 species in this genus. See all species on the genus page →

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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Amitermes hastatus 长矛弓白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/amitermes-hastatus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_amitermes_hastatus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Amitermes hastatus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/amitermes-hastatus/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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