Ancistrotermes menglianensis 孟连钩白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Autonomous County of Menglian: Dai-Lahu-Va
- Distribution
- Yunnan (Menglian 1020m)
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Summary
Ancistrotermes menglianensis 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: Autonomous County of Menglian: Dai-Lahu-Va. Distribution: Yunnan (Menglian 1020m).
Etymology
Genus name Ancistrotermes: From Greek ankistron (hook) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet menglianensis: Named after the locality Menglian
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: Yunnan (Menglian 1020m)
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 oval, broad in the middle; labrum tongue-shaped, its tip bluntly rounded; each mandible with a minute marginal tooth near the middle and a denticle on the inner margin of the basal tooth; behind the denticle of the right mandible there is occasionally another minute pointed process; postmentum widest in the middle. Antennae with 16 segments, the fourth shortest. The anterior margin of the pronotum concave in the middle, the posterior margin nearly straight. In the small soldier the head and the body colour are paler than in the large soldier, and the morphology of all parts is similar to that of the large soldier.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Ancistrotermes menglianensis has an elliptical soldier head widest at the middle and a tongue-shaped labrum with a blunt tip. Each mandible bears a minute marginal tooth near mid-length, one small tooth stands on the inner edge of each basal tooth, and an additional minute point may occur behind the right one. The postmentum is widest centrally and antennae have 16 segments with the fourth shortest. The pronotum is notched in front and nearly straight behind. Minor soldiers are paler but otherwise similar.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Menglian, Yunnan, 1020 m above sea level.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 349 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 crassiceps
- Ancistrotermes crucifer
- Ancistrotermes dimorphus
- Ancistrotermes dubius
- Ancistrotermes equatorius
- Ancistrotermes ganlanbaensis
- Ancistrotermes guineensis
- Ancistrotermes hekouensis
- Ancistrotermes latinotus
- 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 menglianensis 孟连钩白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-menglianensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ancistrotermes_menglianensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ancistrotermes menglianensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-menglianensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ancistrotermes menglianensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ancistrotermes-menglianensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -