Macrotermes chebalingensis 车八岭大白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangdong Province: Shixing County: Chebaling
- Distribution
- Guangdong, China, Shixing Chebaling
List： English (genus page) · 中文 · Español
Summary
Macrotermes chebalingensis is a species of the genus Macrotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1993; the type locality is China: Guangdong Province: Shixing County: Chebaling. Distribution: Guangdong, China, Shixing Chebaling.
Etymology
Genus name Macrotermes: From Greek makros (large) + Latin termes, ‘large termite’.
Specific epithet chebalingensis: Named after the locality Chebaling
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Macrotermitinae — 12 genera, 373 species
- Genus: Macrotermes — 57 species
- Type species of the genus: Macrotermes lilljeborgi
Distribution
- Distribution records: Guangdong, China, Shixing Chebaling
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
Major soldier: head and thoracic dorsum yellowish brown, the abdominal dorsum slightly paler. Head capsule almost trapezoidal, widest posteriorly, the posterior margin straight; fontanelle dot-like, situated in front of the midpoint of the head, in lateral view the dorsal margin of the head highly arched at the fontanelle, the frontal region flat and slightly concave, the ventral margin of the head and the posterior part of the postmentum markedly projecting. Labrum lanceolate, the semi-transparent area at the tip triangular; mandibles stout, the anterior part rather curved, the middle of the inner margin of the left mandible with traces of fine teeth, several incisions in front of the mandibular base; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 rather long, segments 2 and 4 nearly equal, segment 5 shorter; postmentum 3.78 times as long as the waist width. Anterior margin of the pronotum with a shallow incision in the middle, the posterior margin and the posterior margin of the mesonotum shallowly concave in the middle, the posterior margin of the metanotum straight in the middle; the lateral margins of the pro-, meso- and metanotum angular, the metanotum slightly obtuse. Minor soldier: head and thoracic dorsum bright yellow tinged with brown, the abdominal dorsum pale yellow; head capsule intermediate between oval and trapezoidal, widest behind the middle; postmentum band-like, 2.45 to 2.77 times as long as wide; anterior margin of the pronotum broadly rounded.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The major soldier is yellowish brown above. The head capsule is almost trapezoid, widest behind, with a straight hind margin and a dotted fontanelle in front of the middle; in profile the dorsum arches high at the fontanelle. The labrum is awl shaped with a triangular hyaline tip. The mandibles are strong, the left retaining traces of fine teeth. Antennae have seventeen segments. The postmentum is three and three quarters as long as its waist width.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Chebaling, Shixing, Guangdong.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 296 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.
- Intraspecific colony recognition in the termites Macrotermes subhyalinus and Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera, Termitidae)
Abstract
- Ecdysone and ecdysterone in physogastric termite queens and eggs of Macrotermes bellicosus and Macrotermes subhyalinus
Abstract
- The mound-building termite Macrotermes michaelseni as an ecosystem engineer
Abstract
Many organisms create or alter resource flows that affect the composition and spatial arrangement of current and future organismal diversity. The phenomenon called ecosystem engineering is considered with a case study of the mound building termite Macrotermes michaelseni. It is argued that this species acts as an ecosystem engineer across a range of spatial scales, from alteration of local infiltration rates to the creation of landscape mosaics, and that its impacts accrue because of the initiation of biophysical processes that often include feedback mechanisms. These changes to resource flows are likely to persist for long periods and constrain the biological structure of the habitat. The value of ecosystem engineering is discussed as a holistic way of understanding the complexity of tropical ecology.
Papers on this species, synonyms included → OpenAlex Google Scholar CNKI
Abstracts come from open metadata; copyright remains with the original authors/publishers. For reference only — please check the original.
Other species in Macrotermes (56 species)
- Macrotermes acrocephalus
- Macrotermes ahmadi
- Macrotermes aleemi
- Macrotermes amplus
- Macrotermes annandalei
- Macrotermes barneyi
- Macrotermes beaufortensis
- Macrotermes bellicosus
- Macrotermes carbonarius
- Macrotermes chaiglomi
- Macrotermes choui
- Macrotermes constrictus
- Macrotermes convulsionarius
- Macrotermes declivatus
- Macrotermes denticulatus
- Macrotermes falciger
- Macrotermes gilvus
- Macrotermes gratus
- Macrotermes guangxiensis
- Macrotermes hainanensis
- Macrotermes herus
- Macrotermes hopini
- Macrotermes incisus
- Macrotermes ituriensis
- Macrotermes ivorensis
- Macrotermes jinghongensis
- Macrotermes khajuriai
- Macrotermes latignathus
- Macrotermes lilljeborgi
- Macrotermes longiceps
- Macrotermes longimentis
- Macrotermes luokengensis
- Macrotermes maesodensis
- Macrotermes malaccensis
- Macrotermes meidoensis
- Macrotermes menglongensis
- Macrotermes michaelseni
- Macrotermes natalensis
- Macrotermes niger
- Macrotermes nobilis
56 species in this genus. See all species on the genus page →
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: Macrotermes chebalingensis 车八岭大白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-chebalingensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_macrotermes_chebalingensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Macrotermes chebalingensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-chebalingensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Macrotermes chebalingensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-chebalingensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -