Macrotermes jinghongensis 景洪大白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Jinghong
- Distribution
- China (Yunnan), Jinghong
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Summary
Macrotermes jinghongensis is a species of the genus Macrotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Li in 1985; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Jinghong. Distribution: China (Yunnan), Jinghong.
Etymology
Genus name Macrotermes: From Greek makros (large) + Latin termes, ‘large termite’.
Specific epithet jinghongensis: Named after the locality Jinghong
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: China (Yunnan), Jinghong
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 brown tinged with red, thoracic and abdominal tergites dark brown. Head nearly rectangular, length about 1.25 to 1.36 times the width, the posterior margin nearly straight; fontanelle at the midpoint, in lateral view the dorsal margin and the postmentum both slightly arched; labrum lanceolate, the semi-transparent area at the tip triangular; mandibles short and stout, the apex slightly curved, the fine teeth at the middle of the inner margin of the left mandible indistinct, with two incisions near the mandibular base; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 about 1.5 times segment 2; compound eyes dot-like; postmentum about more than four times as long as the narrowest part, the waist region in front of the midpoint, the sides gradually widening backwards from the middle. The anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum both incised in the middle, the lateral lobes broadly rounded; mesonotum and metanotum wider than or almost equal to the pronotum, their lateral lobes distinctly projecting at an angle.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a brown head tinged with red and dark brown thoracic and abdominal terga. The head is nearly oblong, about one and a quarter to one and a third times as long as wide, with a straight hind margin and a fontanelle at mid-length. Mandibles are short and stout, the left with two basal notches and indistinct median serrations; antennae have 17 segments, the third one and a half times the second. The pronotum is notched on both margins, and the meso- and metanotal lobes project as angles.
Biology
Host recorded as the rubber tree.
Distribution and locality
Jinghong, Yunnan.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 304 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.
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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 chebalingensis
- 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 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
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GB/T 7714
班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Macrotermes jinghongensis 景洪大白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-jinghongensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_macrotermes_jinghongensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Macrotermes jinghongensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-jinghongensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Macrotermes jinghongensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-jinghongensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -