Macrotermes menglongensis 勐龙大白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Damenglong
- Distribution
- Yunnan, China, Damenglong
List： English (genus page) · 中文 · Español
Summary
Macrotermes menglongensis is a species of the genus Macrotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Han in 1986; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Damenglong. Distribution: Yunnan, China, Damenglong.
Etymology
Genus name Macrotermes: From Greek makros (large) + Latin termes, ‘large termite’.
Specific epithet menglongensis: Named after the locality Menglong
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: Yunnan, China, Damenglong
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 orange-red, mandibles reddish brown and pale near the base, antennae orange-yellow, thoracic and abdominal tergites slightly paler than the head; head and pronotum with only a few long hairs. Head nearly oval, fontanelle at the centre of the head, eyes indistinct, in lateral view the dorsal margin slightly arched and the mentum projecting; labrum almost conical, the dorsum markedly arched, widest near the base, the apex of the transparent area narrowly rounded; mandibles slender and straight, the apex slightly curved, the base of the inner margin of the left mandible with an incision, with slight fine teeth below the midpoint, the inner margin of the right mandible smooth; postmentum nearly rectangular, the waist indistinct, narrowest at the anterior end, the sides somewhat parallel; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 slightly longer than segment 2 or segment 4. Pronotum widest, the anterior and posterior margins both shallowly concave in the middle or the anterior concavity indistinct, the lateral lobes narrow and rounded; mesonotum narrowest, the posterior margin slightly concave in the middle, the lateral lobes nearly round; the posterior margin of the metanotum nearly straight, the lateral lobes nearly round.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has an orange-red head, reddish brown mandibles and orange-yellow antennae, the thorax and abdomen slightly paler. The head is nearly oval with the fontanelle central and the eyes imperceptible; the labrum is almost conical with a strongly arched dorsum. Mandibles are slender and straight, the left notched at the base with faint teeth below mid-length, the right smooth; antennae have 17 segments. The pronotum is the widest sclerite, shallowly notched on both margins, with narrowly rounded lateral lobes.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Damenglong, Yunnan.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 310 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 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 jinghongensis
- Macrotermes khajuriai
- Macrotermes latignathus
- Macrotermes lilljeborgi
- Macrotermes longiceps
- Macrotermes longimentis
- Macrotermes luokengensis
- Macrotermes maesodensis
- Macrotermes malaccensis
- Macrotermes meidoensis
- 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 menglongensis 勐龙大白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-menglongensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_macrotermes_menglongensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Macrotermes menglongensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-menglongensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Macrotermes menglongensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-menglongensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -