Euhamitermes melanocephalus Ping & Li, 1987 黑头亮白蚁

Species

Type locality: China: Yunnan Province: Jinghong
Distribution: Oriental region

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Summary

Euhamitermes melanocephalus is a species of the genus Euhamitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Apicotermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Li in 1987; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Jinghong. Distribution: Oriental region.

Etymology

Genus name Euhamitermes: From Greek eu- (well) + (hami, perhaps Latin hamus ‘hook’) + termes.

Specific epithet melanocephalus: Greek melas (black) + kephalē (head), black-headed

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Apicotermitinae — 68 genera, 241 species
Genus: Euhamitermes — 24 species
Type species of the genus: Euhamitermes hamatus

Distribution

Distribution records: Oriental region

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 deep brown tinged with black, glossy, densely covered with short pubescence, the anterior margin and the mandibles blackish brown, thorax and abdomen pale greyish yellow. Head rectangular but rather short, the lateral margins parallel, the anterior margin slightly concave, the posterior margin nearly straight; labrum semicircular, its tip slightly concave; mandibles hooked, each with a large blunt tooth at or slightly behind the apical third, and one minute tooth above the base of each; antennae with 14 segments, the third slightly longer than the second; postmentum club-shaped, the waist 0.25–0.28 mm wide; pronotum saddle-shaped, the middle of the posterior margin slightly concave and depressed.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

The soldier head is dark brown to blackish, glossy and densely pubescent, with blackish brown mandibles and a pale greyish yellow body. The head is short and oblong with parallel sides, a slightly concave front and an almost straight hind margin. The labrum is semicircular with a faintly concave tip; each hook-like mandible has a large blunt tooth at or behind the apical third and a minute tooth above the base. Antennae have 14 segments and the pronotum is saddle-shaped.

Biology

Distribution and locality

Hekou, Yunnan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 322 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.

Other databases

The links below are produced by matching the scientific name against public APIs, for cross-checking. The checklist data itself is unchanged.

GBIF Backbone Euhamitermes melanocephalus accepted Euhamitermes melanocephalus Ping & Li, 1987 · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Euhamitermes melanocephalus Ping & Li, 1987 accepted
WikidataQ140251120taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileEuhamitermes melanocephalus Ping & Li, 1987 validauto-matched

✔ 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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New Records of Euhamitermes Holmgren From South India
M. Ranjith, Chicknayakanahalli Marulsiddappa Kalleshwaraswamy, K. J. Meghana, Sharanabasappa S. Deshmukh, B. K. Shivanna, K. M. Satish, B. C. Dhananjaya et al. · 2022 · Indian Journal of Entomology
Abstract
Euhamitermes Holmgren is a soldier rare, soil feeding termite of the Oriental region. Two species of this genus viz., Euhamitermes lighti (Snyder) and Euhamitermes chhotanii Maiti are hereby first reported from southern Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala, respectively. Record of E. chhotanii in Kerala makes an addition of the genus and thus to the termite fauna of Kerala. These two species are redescribed and illustrated based on soldier and workers.
Notes on the Genus Euhamitermes (Isoptera) From Yunnan,China,With Descriptions of two New Species
Zhu Shi-mo, Huang Fu-sheng, LI Gui-xiang · 1987 ·
Abstract
Termites from Garhwal, Uttarakhand (Insecta: Isoptera), with New Distributional Records
Rahul Thakur, Vivek Tyagi, Sachin Kumar · 2010 · Indian Forester
Abstract
Fourty species of termites belonging to four families (Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Stylotermitidae and Termitidae) and 13 genera ( Neotermes, Coptotermes, Stylotermes, Speculitermes, Euhamitermes, Microcerotermes, Angulitermes, Dicuspiditermes, Pericapritermes, Odontotermes, Microtermes and Nasutitermes ) are reported here from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Eleven species are reported first time from Garhwal as new distributional records: Stylotermes faveolus (Chatterjee and Thakur); Speculitermes sinhalensis Roonwal and Sen-Sarma; Microcerotermes cameroni Snyder; Angulitermes tilaki Roonwal and Chhotani; Dicuspiditermes obtusus (Silvestri); Odontotermes bellahunisens is Holmgren and Holmgren; O. brunneus (Hagen); O. indicus Thakur; O. latiguloides Roonwal and Verma; O. redemani (Wasmann); O. wallonensis (Wasmann).

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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: Euhamitermes melanocephalus 黑头亮白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/euhamitermes-melanocephalus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_euhamitermes_melanocephalus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Euhamitermes melanocephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/euhamitermes-melanocephalus/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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