Arcotermes tubus 管鼻弧白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Jiangxi Province: Xinfeng
- Distribution
- China (Jiangxi)
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Summary
Arcotermes tubus is the only extant species of the genus Arcotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Fan in 1983; the type locality is China: Jiangxi Province: Xinfeng. Distribution: China (Jiangxi).
Etymology
Genus name Arcotermes: From Latin arcus (bow, arch) + termes.
Specific epithet tubus: Latin tubus (tube)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Arcotermes — monotypic, 1 species
Distribution
- Distribution records: China (Jiangxi)
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 pale yellowish brown, nasus reddish brown, antennae, mouthparts and tarsi the same colour as the head, thorax, abdomen and legs pale yellowish white, the anterior half of the pronotum slightly darker. The posterior part of the top of the head with a pair of long hairs, the tip of the nasus with four longer hairs and fine short hairs, and several hairs near the base of the nasus; the hairs of the thorax and abdomen fine and short. Head elongate, the lateral margins slightly constricted behind the antennal sockets and then widened again, the posterior margin without a median notch, pear-shaped in dorsal view; nasus rather short, almost in a straight line with the top of the head; mandibles without a spine; antennae with 13 segments, the second and third nearly equal in length and longer than the fourth. Pronotum saddle-shaped, about half as wide as the head, the anterior margin upturned and slightly concave in the middle, the posterior margin almost straight.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier is pale brownish yellow with a reddish brown nasus, long setae behind the vertex, four at the nasus tip, and short sparse hairs on the thorax and abdomen. The head is elongate, slightly constricted behind the antennal sockets, without a median notch on the rear margin, pear-shaped in dorsal view. The nasus is short and in line with the vertex, the mandibles lack a spine, and the antennae have 13 segments the second and third subequal and longer than the fourth. The pronotum is saddle-shaped.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Dingnan and Xunwu, Jiangxi.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 393 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.
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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: Arcotermes tubus 管鼻弧白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/arcotermes-tubus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_arcotermes_tubus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Arcotermes tubus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/arcotermes-tubus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Arcotermes tubus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/arcotermes-tubus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -