Crepititermes verruculosus 多疣响白蚁
- Type locality
- Guyana: Cuyuni-Mazaruni: Kartabo [ 6.38N 58.7W ]
- Distribution
- South America, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago
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Summary
Crepititermes verruculosus is the only extant species of the genus Crepititermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Crepititermitinae). The species was described by Emerson in 1925; the type locality is Guyana: Cuyuni-Mazaruni: Kartabo [ 6.38N 58.7W ]. Distribution: South America, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago.
Etymology
Genus name Crepititermes: From Latin crepitus (crackling sound) + termes.
Specific epithet verruculosus: From verrucul + osus
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Crepititermitinae — 1 genus, 1 species
- Genus: Crepititermes — monotypic, 1 species
Distribution
- Distribution records: South America, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago
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 soldier the frons is flat, clearly different from that of the other groups of Mirotermes (at that time a broad genus containing this group); apart from this it is closest to the subgenus Mirotermes s. str.; the mandibles are of the snapping type and shaped as in Mirotermes s. str.
Alate
The head is brown and broadly oval, densely covered with short hairs and setae; the fontanelle is slightly deeper than the rest of the head capsule and inconspicuous; the left mandible has 2 large teeth (one pointed, one rounded) and the right mandible only 1 pointed tooth; segment 3 of the antennae is extremely short, far shorter than segment 4.
Soldier
The head is pale yellow and covered with short hairs, elongate and nearly rectangular, its sides nearly parallel, narrowing sharply in front of the antennal bases; the antennae are paler than the head and 13-segmented; the labrum has 2 points; the mandibles are brown and slender, sharply curved at the apex, broad at the base and toothed on the inner margin (more markedly so on the left than on the right); the pronotum is paler than the head and saddle-shaped.
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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- Redescription of the Monotypic Neotropical Genus Crepititermes Emerson (Termitidae: Termitinae)
Abstract
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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: Crepititermes verruculosus 多疣响白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/crepititermes-verruculosus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_crepititermes_verruculosus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Crepititermes verruculosus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/crepititermes-verruculosus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Crepititermes verruculosus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/crepititermes-verruculosus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -