Ancistrotermes crucifer Sjöstedt, 1897 十字钩白蚁

Species · * Type species

Type locality: Cameroon: Abo; Sierra Leone: ?
Distribution: Old World tropics, West Africa, Central Africa

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Summary

Ancistrotermes crucifer is a species and the type species of the genus Ancistrotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Sjöstedt in 1897; the type locality is Cameroon: Abo; Sierra Leone: ?. Distribution: Old World tropics, West Africa, Central Africa. This site records 1 junior synonym for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Ancistrotermes: From Greek ankistron (hook) + Latin termes.

Specific epithet crucifer: Latin crux (cross) + -fer (bearing), cross-bearing

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Macrotermitinae — 12 genera, 373 species
Genus: Ancistrotermes — 16 species

Distribution

Distribution records: Old World tropics, West Africa, Central Africa

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

Junior synonyms

This site records 1 junior synonym for the species, listed by its original literature source:

Microtermes camerunensis Holmgren, 1913: 332 — type locality: (country unknown): ?

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonym Microtermes camerunensis; this site treats it under Ancistrotermes crucifer.

Subspecies

This species includes 2 subspecies:

Ancistrotermes crucifer crucifer — Sjöstedt, 1897, type locality: Cameroon: Abo; Sierra Leone: ?
Ancistrotermes crucifer diversana — Silvestri, 1914, type locality: Guinea: Camayenne; Kakoulima; Kindia

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Sjöstedt, 1897. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

Distribution map

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134 records · 13 grid cells · GeoJSON · Ancistrotermes · 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 Ancistrotermes crucifer accepted Ancistrotermes crucifer (Sjöstedt, 1897) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Ancistrotermes crucifer (Sjöstedt, 1897) accepted
WikidataQ140234809taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileAncistrotermes crucifer (Sjöstedt, 1897) 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

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
Raymond Baker, Paul H. Briner, David Albert Evans · 1979 · Elsevier eBooks
Abstract
A Termitomyces on the fungus stones of an African Ancistrotermes.
Pierre-P. Grassé, Roger Heim · 1950 ·
Abstract
Chemical defence in the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax: ancistrodial and ancistrofuran
Raymond Baker, Paul H. Briner, David Albert Evans · 1978 · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
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)

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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 十字钩白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crucifer/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_ancistrotermes_crucifer_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Ancistrotermes crucifer: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-crucifer/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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