Biratermes robustus 粗壮拜拉白蚁
- Type locality
- Brasil: Amapá: Serra do Navio [0.8955N 52.0022W]
- Distribution
- French Guiana, Brazil
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Summary
Biratermes robustus is the only extant species of the genus Biratermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Syntermitinae). The species was described by Constantino in 1993; the type locality is Brasil: Amapá: Serra do Navio [0.8955N 52.0022W]. Distribution: French Guiana, Brazil.
Etymology
Genus name Biratermes: From the name Bira; -termes from Latin termes.
Specific epithet robustus: Latin robustus (robust)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Syntermitinae — 22 genera, 105 species
- Genus: Biratermes — monotypic, 1 species
Distribution
- Distribution records: French Guiana, Brazil
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Morphology
The description below is paraphrased from the original or a later revision, by caste; the source is cited at the end.
Diagnostic characters
In the worker of this genus the first-order gizzard cushion (pulvillus I) bears conspicuous spines; among the Syntermitinae only the workers of Biratermes, Mapinguaritermes and Ibitermes have such conspicuous cushion spines, all the other genera lacking them.
Soldier
According to the original, the external morphology of the soldier of this genus follows the description of Constantino (1992); the account given in the original for the three new genera established in that revision is shared by them all: mandibles blade-like and robust, the surface of the fore coxa smooth (by contrast, in Embiratermes s.s. the mandibles are of the piercing type with an apical point and the ventral margin of the fore coxa bears a projection).
Worker
The gizzard has 24 visible folds, of which 6 are first-order, 6 second-order and 12 third-order; the ratio of the width of the columnar band to that of the cushion band is about 1; the first-order (large) cushions bear conspicuous spines.
This genus is monotypic, containing only this species; the following is the genus-level description based on the original literature; species-level measurements and intraspecific variation are given in the original.
Distribution map
Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.
Related papers
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- Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera
Abstract
Herein we describe three new genera based on a previous phylogenetic analysis of the termite subfamily Syntermitinae (Termitidae), which indicated that the genera Embiratermes Fontes and Ibitermes Fontes were paraphyletic. In order to resolve this paraphyly, the genus is more narrowly circumscribed, resulting in the following taxonomic changes: Biratermes gen. n., is established to accommodate Embiratermes robustus Constantino, 1992; Vaninitermes gen. n. is described for Armitermes brevinasisus Emerson Banks, 1957 and E. ignotus Constantino, 1991; and Bandeiratermes gen. n., is proposed to accommodate Armitermes silvestrii Emerson in Snyder, 1949 and Ibitermes tellustris Constantino, 1990. In addition, E. parvirostris Constantino, 1992 is considered a new junior subjective synonym of E. ignotus, and the imago of E. ignotus is described for the first time. Descriptions and illustrations of the workers digestive tube are included for all species, along with drawings of the coiling worker gut of E. festivellus (Silvestri, 1901). Photographs are provided for the soldiers of all of the aforementioned species. The new genera are compared with all other genera of Syntermitinae.
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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: Biratermes robustus 粗壮拜拉白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/biratermes-robustus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_biratermes_robustus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Biratermes robustus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/biratermes-robustus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Biratermes robustus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/biratermes-robustus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -