Ancistrotermes crassiceps 厚头钩白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Jinghong County: Manfeilong
- Distribution
- China (Yunnan)
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Summary
Ancistrotermes crassiceps is a species of the genus Ancistrotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Zhu & Wang in 1991; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Jinghong County: Manfeilong. Distribution: China (Yunnan).
Etymology
Genus name Ancistrotermes: From Greek ankistron (hook) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet crassiceps: From crassi + ceps
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Macrotermitinae — 12 genera, 373 species
- Genus: Ancistrotermes — 16 species
- Type species of the genus: Ancistrotermes crucifer
Distribution
- Distribution records: China (Yunnan)
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, mandibles reddish brown with the basal part pale yellow, labrum yellow, antennae milk-white tinged with smoky, pronotum, abdomen and legs pale yellow. The dorsum of the head with scattered long hairs, the labrum with a pair of apical hairs and the sides with four longitudinal rows of hairs; the margin of the anterior half of the pronotum with long and short hairs alternating, the posterior half and the lateral margins with sparse long hairs. Small soldier: head colour slightly paler than in the large soldier, abdomen and legs the same colour as in the large soldier; the small tooth in front of the basal tooth of the right mandible lies closer to the basal tooth than does the small tooth at the same site in the large soldier.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Ancistrotermes crassiceps is a dimorphic species known from soldiers. The head is yellow, the mandibles reddish brown with pale bases, the antennae milky white tinged with grey, and the pronotum, abdomen and legs pale yellow. Long setae are scattered over the head, one pair of apical setae stands on the labrum, four rows of hairs flank it, and the front half of the pronotal margin carries long and short hairs. Minor soldiers are paler, and the small tooth before the right basal tooth lies closer to it.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Manfeilong, Jinghong, Yunnan, 640 m above sea level.
Taxonomic notes
The genus field in the original work is defective, only the letters Anc surviving; the genus is in fact Ancistrotermes, and the genus name is unchanged on this site.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 345 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.
- Chemical Defence in the Termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax
Abstract
- A Termitomyces on the fungus stones of an African Ancistrotermes.
Abstract
- Chemical defence in the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax: ancistrodial and ancistrofuran
Abstract
Soldiers of the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax produce terpenoid defence secretions, but whereas the minor soldiers produce ancistrodial (1) exclusively, the major soldiers secrete ancistrofuran (6), together with (4) and (5).
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Other species in Ancistrotermes (15 species)
- Ancistrotermes cavithorax
- Ancistrotermes crucifer
- Ancistrotermes dimorphus
- Ancistrotermes dubius
- Ancistrotermes equatorius
- Ancistrotermes ganlanbaensis
- Ancistrotermes guineensis
- Ancistrotermes hekouensis
- Ancistrotermes latinotus
- Ancistrotermes menglianensis
- Ancistrotermes microdens
- Ancistrotermes pakistanicus
- Ancistrotermes periphrasis
- Ancistrotermes wasmanni
- Ancistrotermes xiai
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: Ancistrotermes crassiceps 厚头钩白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crassiceps/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ancistrotermes_crassiceps_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ancistrotermes crassiceps: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crassiceps/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ancistrotermes crassiceps: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crassiceps/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -