Extant Isoptera (Termites) — Latin–Chinese Name Comparison List 现存等翅下目(白蚁)拉丁学名—中文正名对照名录

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Atlantitermes kirbyi Snyder, 1926 柯比阿特拉斯白蚁

Species

Type locality
Panama: Barro Colorado Island
Distribution
Nicaragua, Panama

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Summary

Atlantitermes kirbyi is a species of the genus Atlantitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Snyder in 1926; the type locality is Panama: Barro Colorado Island. Distribution: Nicaragua, Panama.

Etymology

Genus name Atlantitermes: From the Atlantic + termes.

Specific epithet kirbyi: Named after the entomologist W. F. Kirby

Taxonomic position

Distribution

  • Distribution records: Nicaragua, Panama

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

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Snyder, 1926. 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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✔ 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

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  1. Morphology of the alate and worker mandibles of the soil-feeding nasute termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the neotropical region

    Luiz Roberto Fontes · 1986 · Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

    Abstract

    The morphology of the mandibles of the alates and workers of the 8 soil-feeding genera with nasute soldiers from the Neotropical Region is studied. Three mandibular patterns are recognized: (1) Convexitermes, Atlantitermes, Araujotermes, Coatitermes, Subulitermes and Agnathotermes have mandibles with complete marginal dentition and no reduced teeth, (2) Angularitermes has mandibles with complete marginal dentition but two teeth are vestigial, and in (3) Cyronotermes the marginal dentition is incomplete. A set of other characteristics is associated with each of these mandibular patterns. Intraspecific variation are registered, either between the alate and the worker castes of all genera, as between the worker types of the dimorphic worker caste of the genera with complete and developed marginal dentition. Such dimorphism was previously unreported for the soil-feeding Nasutitermitinae; the soldier arises from one worker type.

  2. Key to the soldiers ofAtlantitermesFontes 1979, with a new species from Brazil (Isoptera Termitidae Nasutitermitinae)

    Reginaldo Constantino, Og Francisco Fonseca de Souza · 1997 · Tropical Zoology

    Abstract

    A soldier-based key for the identification of the species of the neotropical termite genus Atlantitermes Fontes 1979 is presented. The diagnostic characters for the genus are reviewed and discussed, and the upturned nasus is excluded because it is not present in the soldier of every species. A. stercophilus n. sp., from the cerrado vegetation of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is described and illustrated. A. osborni (Emerson 1925) is recorded for the first time in the cerrado vegetation of southeastern Brazil. Drawings of the soldier of A. kirbyi (Snyder 1926) are presented for the first time.

  3. Morphology of the worker digestive tube of the soil-feeding nasute termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae ) from the neotropical region

    Luiz Roberto Fontes · 1986 · Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

    Abstract

    The morphology of the parts and the configuration in situ of the worker digestibe tube of the 8 soilfeeding genera with nasute solidiers from the Neotropical Region are studied. All genera showed a reduced or incomplete gizzard armature, a tubular first proctodeal segment terminating in the left half of the abdomen, an enteric valve armature with trilateral symmetry and often with strong spines, a paunch of two large sections separated by a constriction, and a long colon. In addition, a mixed segment at the mesenteron-proctodeal junction is absent in Convexitermes, Atlantitermes, Araujotermes, Coatitermes, Subulitermes and Agnathotermes, and present in Cyranotermes and Angularitermes, the latter having also a gizzard armature stronger than usual in the soilfeeding nasutes. The coiling of the gut and the morphology of some gut parts provide a good means for the identification of undissected workers of all genera.

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Other species in Atlantitermes (7 species)

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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Atlantitermes kirbyi 柯比阿特拉斯白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/atlantitermes-kirbyi/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_atlantitermes_kirbyi_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Atlantitermes kirbyi: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/atlantitermes-kirbyi/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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