Ancistrotermes crucifer diversana 相异亚种
Parent species：Ancistrotermes crucifer
- Type locality
- Guinea: Camayenne; Kakoulima; Kindia
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Summary
Ancistrotermes crucifer diversana is a subspecies of Ancistrotermes crucifer, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae), genus Ancistrotermes. The subspecies was described by Silvestri in 1914; the type locality is Guinea: Camayenne; Kakoulima; Kindia. No separate distribution record is listed on this page; see the parent species Ancistrotermes crucifer below.
Etymology
Genus name Ancistrotermes: From Greek ankistron (hook) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet diversana: Latin diversus (diverse, different)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Macrotermitinae — 12 genera, 373 species
- Genus: Ancistrotermes — 16 species
- Species: Ancistrotermes crucifer
- Subspecies: this page (Ancistrotermes crucifer diversana)
Distribution
No separate distribution record is listed for this subspecies; the distribution of the parent species Ancistrotermes crucifer is: Old World tropics, West Africa, Central Africa.
Morphology
A subspecies-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Silvestri, 1914. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
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 (16 species)
- Ancistrotermes cavithorax
- Ancistrotermes crassiceps
- 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 crucifer diversana 相异亚种 (subspecies)[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crucifer-diversana/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ancistrotermes_crucifer_diversana_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ancistrotermes crucifer diversana (subspecies): a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crucifer-diversana/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ancistrotermes crucifer diversana (subspecies): a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crucifer-diversana/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -