Incisitermes inamurai 稻村楹白蚁
- Type locality
- Taiwan: Pingtung Co.: Wanlitong
- Distribution
- China (Taiwan)
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Summary
Incisitermes inamurai is a species of the genus Incisitermes, in the family KALOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Oshima in 1912; the type locality is Taiwan: Pingtung Co.: Wanlitong. Distribution: China (Taiwan).
Etymology
Genus name Incisitermes: From Latin incisus (cut, notched) + termes.
Specific epithet inamurai: Named after Inamura (Japanese)
Taxonomic position
- Family: KALOTERMITIDAE — 23 genera, 480 species
- Genus: Incisitermes — 30 species
- Type species of the genus: Incisitermes schwarzi
Distribution
- Distribution records: China (Taiwan)
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 yellowish brown; labrum, antennae and pronotum yellow; mandibles jet black, brown at the base. Head rectangular, the dorsal margin slightly convex. Outer margin of the mandibles square, the apex curved inwards; left mandible with three teeth, the anterior two sharp, the third broad, its tip divided into two lobes, a small tooth-like process between the bases of the second and third teeth; right mandible with two teeth, stout, triangular. Labrum extremely short, anterior margin square, twice as wide as long. Antennae with 15 segments, the basal segment columnar, narrower in the middle, segment 2 equal in length to segment 4, segment 3 obconical, markedly thickened towards the apex; eye vestige distinct. Pronotum quadrilateral, wider than the head, anterior margin strongly concave backwards, posterior margin nearly straight and slightly concave in the middle, lateral margins arcuate, posterolateral corners broadly rounded, anterolateral corners square. Tibia with three apical teeth, two of them directed downwards and one outwards. The original work recorded two soldier forms, major and minor, differing very little in morphology.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a yellowish brown head, a rectangular capsule with a slightly convex dorsal margin, and jet-black mandibles whose outer edge is square and whose tip curves inward. The left mandible carries three teeth, the third broad and bilobed at its apex, with a small tooth-like process between the second and third; the right has two stout triangular teeth. The very short labrum is square and twice as wide as long, and the antennae have 15 segments. The rectangular pronotum is wider than the head.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Hengchun, Taiwan.
Taxonomic notes
The original work placed this species in the genus Kalotermes under the name Kalotermes inamurae; it is now assigned to the genus Incisitermes.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 10 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.
Related papers
Cached papers for this genus (matched automatically, for reference); to search this species with its junior synonyms merged in, use the literature search.
- The cytogenetics of Incisitermes schwarzi and other Florida termites.
Abstract
- Permanent segmental interchange complex in the termite Incisitermes schwarzi
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- Two new Incisitermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) species from the Caribbean Basin, genetic relationships with other regional Incisitermes, and synonymy of Incisitermes tabogae with I. schwarzi
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Two new species of Incisitermes are described from the soldier and imago caste: Incisitermes lisae sp. nov. (Yucatan Region) and Incisitermes mariae sp. nov. (Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago). Incisitermes tabogae (Snyder, 1924) is reduced to a junior synonymy of Incisitermes schwarzi (Banks, 1920), known from Florida, the West Indies, and the Caribbean basin mainland. The phylogenetic relationships of these three species are compared with other Incisitermes of the region.
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Other species in Incisitermes (29 species)
- Incisitermes banksi
- Incisitermes barretti
- Incisitermes bequaerti
- Incisitermes didwanaensis
- Incisitermes emersoni
- Incisitermes fruticavus
- Incisitermes furvus
- Incisitermes galapagoensis
- Incisitermes immigrans
- Incisitermes incisus
- Incisitermes laterangularis
- Incisitermes lisae
- Incisitermes marginipennis
- Incisitermes mariae
- Incisitermes marianus
- Incisitermes mcgregori
- Incisitermes milleri
- Incisitermes minor
- Incisitermes nishimurai
- Incisitermes pacificus
- Incisitermes platycephalus
- Incisitermes repandus
- Incisitermes rhyzophorae
- Incisitermes schwarzi
- Incisitermes seeversi
- Incisitermes semilunaris
- Incisitermes snyderi
- Incisitermes solidus
- Incisitermes taylori
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: Incisitermes inamurai 稻村楹白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/incisitermes-inamurai/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_incisitermes_inamurai_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Incisitermes inamurai: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/incisitermes-inamurai/},
note = {KALOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Incisitermes inamurai: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/incisitermes-inamurai/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -