Foraminitermes rhinoceros 犀牛孔白蚁
- Type locality
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mukimbungu
- Distribution
- Central Africa, Central African Republic, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
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Summary
Foraminitermes rhinoceros is a species of the genus Foraminitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Foraminitermitinae). The species was described by Sjöstedt in 1905; the type locality is Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mukimbungu. Distribution: Central Africa, Central African Republic, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
Etymology
Genus name Foraminitermes: From Latin foramen (opening) + termes.
Specific epithet rhinoceros: Greek rhis (nose) + keras (horn), rhinoceros
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Foraminitermitinae — 3 genera, 10 species
- Genus: Foraminitermes — 6 species
- Type species of the genus: Foraminitermes tubifrons
Distribution
- Distribution records: Central Africa, Central African Republic, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
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: Sjöstedt, 1905. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
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Related papers
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- The gut of Termites (Isoptera) comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. II. Higher Termites (Termitidae)
Abstract
Le tube digestif des Termitidae est beaucoup plus diversifie que celui des termites inferieurs etudies precedemment (NOIROT, 1995) mais confirme la monophylie de cette famille. Les caracteres concernant la jonction mesenteron-proctodeum (presence et morphologie du segment mixte) et les tubes de Malpighi (insertion, degre de fusion, fermeture, constitution d'un noeud Malpighien) sont specialement significatifs. Le tube digestif permet de distinguer douze groupes de genres. Le groupe Macrotermes correspond a la sous-famille des Macrotermitinae. Les groupes Apicotermes, Anoplotermes, Speculitermes forment les Apicotermitinae dont la monophylie est egalement confirmee. Parmi les Nasutitermitinae, les genres a soldats mandibules (groupe Syntermes) se distinguent nettement des genres a soldats nasuti (groupes Nasutitermes et Subulitermes) et une paraphylie des Nasutitermitinae est suggeree. Les genres actuellement places dans la sous-famille des Termitinae peuvent etre repartis en cinq groupes. Le groupe Cubitermes est tres homogene. Les genres dont les soldats ont des mandibules de type frappeur pourraient former deux groupes distincts: Termes et Pericapritermes. Le groupe Amitermes est moins bien defini. Enfin le groupe Foraminitermes est tres different de tous les autres (sous-famille distincte?). Les Termitinae ne forment donc pas un clade; il faut au minimum en retirer le groupe Foraminitermes. Une phylogenie des Termitidae est enfin proposee. Basee essentiellement sur les caracteres du tube digestif, elle ne peut etre consideree que comme une hypothese de travail.
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Other species in Foraminitermes (5 species)
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: Foraminitermes rhinoceros 犀牛孔白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/foraminitermes-rhinoceros/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_foraminitermes_rhinoceros_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Foraminitermes rhinoceros: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/foraminitermes-rhinoceros/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Foraminitermes rhinoceros: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/foraminitermes-rhinoceros/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -