Macrotermes ukuzii Fuller, 1922 乌库兹大白蚁

Species

Type locality: South Africa: Zululand: Ukuzi River
Distribution: southern Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania

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Summary

Macrotermes ukuzii is a species of the genus Macrotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Fuller in 1922; the type locality is South Africa: Zululand: Ukuzi River. Distribution: southern Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania. This site records 1 junior synonym for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Macrotermes: From Greek makros (large) + Latin termes, ‘large termite’.

Specific epithet ukuzii: Named after Ukuz

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: southern Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania

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

Junior synonyms

This site records 1 junior synonym for the species, listed by its original literature source:

Termes (Termes) parvus Holmgren, 1913: 325-326 — type locality: South Africa: Zululand

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonym Termes (Termes) parvus; this site treats it under Macrotermes ukuzii.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Fuller, 1922. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

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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25 records · 4 grid cells · GeoJSON · Macrotermes · 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 Macrotermes ukuzii accepted Macrotermes ukuzii Fuller, 1922 · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Macrotermes ukuzii Fuller, 1922 accepted
WikidataQ140210388taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileMacrotermes ukuzii Fuller, 1922 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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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)
P. Jmhasly, Reinhard H. Leuthold · 1999 · Insectes Sociaux
Abstract
Ecdysone and ecdysterone in physogastric termite queens and eggs of Macrotermes bellicosus and Macrotermes subhyalinus
Jean‐Paul Delbecque, Beatrice Lanzrein, Christian Bordereau, Hans Imboden, Michel H. Hirn, John D. O’Connor, Ch. Noirot, Martin Lüscher et al. · 1978 · General and Comparative Endocrinology
Abstract
The mound-building termite Macrotermes michaelseni as an ecosystem engineer
J. Mark Dangerfield, T.S. McCarthy, William N. Ellery · 1998 · Journal of Tropical Ecology
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)

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 ukuzii 乌库兹大白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-ukuzii/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_macrotermes_ukuzii_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Macrotermes ukuzii: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/macrotermes-ukuzii/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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