Ceratokalotermes spoliator 掠夺角木白蚁
- Type locality
- Australia: Capital Territory: Uriarra
- Distribution
- Australia
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Summary
Ceratokalotermes spoliator is the only extant species of the genus Ceratokalotermes, in the family KALOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Hill in 1932; the type locality is Australia: Capital Territory: Uriarra. Distribution: Australia.
Etymology
Genus name Ceratokalotermes: From Greek keras (horn) + kalos (beautiful) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet spoliator: Latin spoliator (plunderer)
Taxonomic position
- Family: KALOTERMITIDAE — 23 genera, 480 species
- Genus: Ceratokalotermes — monotypic, 1 species
Distribution
- Distribution records: Australia
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
The alate is closest to Paraneotermes and Comatermes; it differs from Comatermes in the absence of long, undulate setae on the head and pronotum; in Paraneotermes the posterior margins of marginal teeth 1 and 2 of the left mandible have a distinct flexure and the arolium is absent; in both these genera the soldier mandibles are short and stout, the frontal dorsal processes are very weak or absent, and the anterior margin of the pronotum is not deeply concave.
Alate
Dark brown; eye small, about 0.25 mm in diameter, the ocellus touching the compound eye; antennal segments 13–14; the posterior margins of marginal teeth 1 and 2 of the left mandible as long as the anterior margin of marginal tooth 3; the molar plate of the right mandible nearly as long as the posterior margin of marginal tooth 2; pronotum broader than the head, anterior margin concave; radial vein of the forewing usually branched, the radial sector with 7–8 branches, the first about 1/6 of the wing length from the wing suture; media weakly sclerotised, closer to the radial sector; arolium present.
Soldier
Head somewhat shield-like in frontal view, narrow, the sides parallel; antennal carinae large and distinctly projecting; frontal concavity steeply sloping to the clypeus; anterior dorsal surface with two large swellings or lobes, forming a uniform arc between the lobes; eye colourless; antennal segments 11–14, the third not specialised, about as long as the second; mandibles long and slender; pronotum as broad as the head, transversely arched, the anterior margin raised with a deep angular concavity, with a median notch; legs short and stout.
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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- Kalotermes sinaicus Kemner (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae): new morphological and genetic evidence, and assignment to the new genus Longicaputermes gen. nov
Abstract
- Pillotinas and hollandinas: distribution and behaviour of large spirochaetes symbiotic in termites.
Abstract
Pillotina spirochaetes have been observed in the hindguts of wood-eating cockroaches (Cryptocercus punctulatus), and in 25 out of 28 species of termites examined. They were especially abundant in 21 species of dry wood termites of the family Kalotermitidae, from Europe, North America and Australia. These included many species of Kalotermes and one or a few of the following: Glyptotermes, Bifidotermes, Neotermes, Ceratokalotermes, Paraneotermes, Cryptotermes, Porotermes, Marginitermes, Pterotermes, Zootermopsis, Reticulitermes, Coptotermes, Heterotermes, and nasutitermitids. Identifications of pillotinas were made on the basis of large size (0.5--2 micromtere in diameter, 50 to greater than 100 micrometers in length) and wave pattern; these were verified by electron microscopy in K. schwarzi, Pterotermes occidentis and others. Pillotinas were also present in all species of subterranean termites (Family Rhinotermitidae) examined, and in the most primitive Australian termite, Mastotermes darwiniensis (Family Mastotermitidae). They were not observed in damp wood termites (Family Hodotermidiae). Pillotinas are invariably associated with a rich, complex xylophagous microbial community composed primarily of motile prokaryotes, and hypermastigote and polymastigote flagellates. Some have been previously described by those primarily concerned with termite hindgut protozoa. Observations were made on their modes of behaviour, division, and microbial associates. A new genus of spirochaetes, Hollandina, is also described. It is distinguished from Pillotina by a smaller size and several ultrastructural features, but is otherwise closely related taxonomically. Evidence is provided to support Hollande and Gharagozlou's (1967) concept that the pillotinas and hollandinas deserve the taxonomic status of 'family' and that they should be classified with the cristispire siprochaetes a-cording to the scheme developed by Hovind-Hougen (1976). Spirochaetes are treated as a Phylum of the Kingdom Monera (Prokaryota) in the five kingdom system of Whittaker (1969).
- Pest risk assessment of the importation into the United States of unprocessed Pinus logs and chips from Australia
Abstract
The unmitigated pest risk potential for the importation of unprocessed logs and chips of species of Pinus (Pinus radiata, P. elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii, P. taeda L., and P. caribaea var. hondurensis, principally) from Australia into the United States was assessed by estimating the likelihood and consequences of introduction of representative insects and pathogens of concern. Eleven individual pest risk assessments were prepared, nine dealing with insects and two with pathogens. The selected organisms were representative examples of insects and pathogens found on foliage, on the bark, in the bark, and in the wood of Pinus. Among the insects and pathogens assessed for logs as the commodity, high risk potentials were assigned to two introduced European bark beetles (Hylurgus ligniperda and Hylastes ater), the exotic bark anobiid (Ernobius mollis), ambrosia beetles (Platypus subgranosus, Amasa truncatus; Xyleborus perforans), an introduced wood wasp (Sirex noctilio), dampwood termite (Porotermes adamsoni), giant termite (Mastotermes darwiniensis), drywood termites (Neotermes insularis; Kalotermes rufi notum, K. banksiae; Ceratokalotermes spoliator; Glyptotermes tuberculatus; Bifi ditermes condonensis; Cryptotermes primus, C. brevis, C. domesticus, C. dudleyi, C. cynocephalus), and subterranean termites (Schedorhinotermes intermedius intermedius, S. i. actuosus, S. i. breinli, S. i. seclusus, S. reticulatus; Heterotermes ferox, H. paradoxus; Coptotermes acinaciformis, C. frenchi, C. lacteus, C. raffrayi; Microcerotermes boreus, M. distinctus, M. implicadus, M. nervosus, M. turneri; Nasutitermes exitiosis). A moderate pest risk potential was assigned to pine loopers (Chlenias spp.), endemic weevils (Aesiotes spp.), Sphaeropsis sapinea, and the Armillaria root rot fungi (Armillaria hinnulea, A. luteobubalina, A. novae-zealandiae, and A. pallidula). When chips were considered as the commodity, the risk potentials dropped from high to moderate for the two bark beetles and the ambrosia beetles and dropped from high to low for the Sirex woodwasp and the dampwood, giant, drywood, and subterranean termites. The risk potentials for the Diplodia shoot blight pathogen and the Armillaria root rot fungi dropped from moderate to low for the chip commodity. For those organisms of concern that are associated with logs and chips of Australian Pinus, specifi c phytosanitary measures may be required to ensure the quarantine safety of proposed importations.
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GB/T 7714
班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Ceratokalotermes spoliator 掠夺角木白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ceratokalotermes-spoliator/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ceratokalotermes_spoliator_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ceratokalotermes spoliator: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ceratokalotermes-spoliator/},
note = {KALOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ceratokalotermes spoliator: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ceratokalotermes-spoliator/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -