Hodotermes mossambicus Hagen, 1853 莫桑比克草白蚁

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Type locality: Mozambique: ?
Distribution: southern and eastern Africa

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Summary

Hodotermes mossambicus is a species and the type species of the genus Hodotermes, in the family HODOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Hagen in 1853; the type locality is Mozambique: ?. Distribution: southern and eastern Africa. This site records 10 junior synonyms for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Hodotermes: From Greek hodos (way, path) + Latin termes.

Specific epithet mossambicus: Named after the locality Mossamb

Taxonomic position

Family: HODOTERMITIDAE — 3 genera, 21 species
Genus: Hodotermes — 2 species

Distribution

Distribution records: southern and eastern Africa

The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.

Junior synonyms

This site records 10 junior synonyms for the species, listed by their original literature source:

Hodotermes havilandi Sharp, 1895: 384 — type locality: South Africa: Natal: Colenso on Tugela River
Hodotermes pulcher Sjöstedt, 1905: 1-3 — type locality: South Africa: Orange River Colony
Hodotermes macrothorax Sjöstedt, 1914: 73-75 — type locality: Namibia: Goanikontes
Hodotermes braini Fuller, 1915: 446-447 — type locality: Karibib
Hodotermes karrooensis Fuller, 1915: 433-437 — type locality: Neudamm
Hodotermes transvaalensis Fuller, 1915: 425-429 — type locality: Okahandja
Hodotermes warreni Fuller, 1915: 444-445 — type locality: Windhuk
Hodotermes pretoriensis Fuller, 1915: 429-432 — type locality: South Africa: Pretoria: Eloffs Cuttings, Gezina
Hodotermes (Macrohodotermes) pallidus Fuller, 1921: 45-46 — type locality: South Africa: Cape Province: Middelburg
Hodotermes (Hodotermes) bloemfonteinsis Sjöstedt, 1926: 14-15 — type locality: South Africa: Pretoria: Girls High School

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonyms above (Hodotermes havilandi, Hodotermes pulcher, Hodotermes macrothorax, Hodotermes braini, Hodotermes karrooensis, Hodotermes transvaalensis, Hodotermes warreni, Hodotermes pretoriensis); this site treats them all under Hodotermes mossambicus.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Hagen, 1853. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

Photos 120 photos

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Hodotermes mossambicus（(c) le0p0ld_d, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY） — (c) le0p0ld_d, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BY iNaturalist

Hodotermes mossambicus（iNaturalist observer kellyabram，CC0） — iNaturalist observer kellyabram CC0 iNaturalist

Hodotermes mossambicus（(c) Hildegard Klein, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY） — (c) Hildegard Klein, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BY iNaturalist

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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.

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533 records · 130 grid cells · GeoJSON · Hodotermes · checklist extant taxa only

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 Hodotermes mossambicus accepted Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen, 1853) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen, 1853) accepted
WikidataQ21169322taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileHodotermes mossambicus (Hagen, 1853) 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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Other species in Hodotermes (1 species)

Hodotermes erithreensis

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Cite this species

Citation strings are generated from the fields of this page; please keep the DOI and the version number when citing.

GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Hodotermes mossambicus 莫桑比克草白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/hodotermes-mossambicus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_hodotermes_mossambicus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Hodotermes mossambicus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/hodotermes-mossambicus/},
  note         = {HODOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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