Microtermes mangzhuangensis 曼庄小白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Mengla County: Mangzhuang
- Distribution
- Yunnan, China, Mengla
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Summary
Microtermes mangzhuangensis is a species of the genus Microtermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Macrotermitinae). The species was described by Huang & Zhu in 1991; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Mengla County: Mangzhuang. Distribution: Yunnan, China, Mengla.
Etymology
Genus name Microtermes: From Greek mikros (small) + Latin termes, ‘small termite’.
Specific epithet mangzhuangensis: Named after a locality Mangzhuang, Yunnan, China
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Macrotermitinae — 12 genera, 373 species
- Genus: Microtermes — 69 species
- Type species of the genus: Microtermes incertus
Distribution
- Distribution records: Yunnan, China, Mengla
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 pale yellow, mandibles reddish brown with the basal third yellow, labrum pale yellow, antennae milky white, pronotum, abdomen and legs almost milky white. Head densely covered with fine short hairs, the labrum with a pair of apical hairs, its surface with seven to eight pairs of long and short hairs in longitudinal rows. Head elongate-oval, narrow in the anterior part and rounded in the posterior part, widest at the middle, the posterolateral margins broadly rounded; in lateral view the head raised like a mound in front of the middle. Labrum lanceolate, widest at the base. The inner margin of the middle of the left mandible slightly arched, with a minute tooth in front of the basal tooth; right mandible slightly more slender than the left. The middle of the anterior margin of the postmentum slightly concave, widest at the middle. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 4 shortest, segment 2 half as long again as segment 4. Anterior margin of the pronotum distinctly concave in the middle, the posterior margin slightly concave.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Microtermes manzhuangensis is a small pale species. The soldier head is a long oval, narrow in front and rounded behind, widest at the middle, with a hump on the front of the vertex in profile. The labrum is spear-shaped and widest at its base; the left mandible arches slightly on the inner edge and bears a minute tooth in front of the basal tooth, while the right mandible is slightly narrower. Antennae have 14 segments, the fourth shortest. The pronotum is distinctly notched in front.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Manzhuang, Mengla, Yunnan, 600 m above sea level.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 342 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
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Abstract
- Efficacy of chlorpyrifos and dieldrin in cotton fields against subterranean termites [Microtermes mycophagus and Microtermes obesi]
Abstract
- Microtermes in East Africa (Isoptera: Termitidae: Macrotermitinae)
Abstract
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Other species in Microtermes (68 species)
- Microtermes aethiopicus
- Microtermes albinotus
- Microtermes albopartitus
- Microtermes alluaudanus
- Microtermes aluco
- Microtermes baginei
- Microtermes bharatpurensis
- Microtermes bouvieri
- Microtermes calvus
- Microtermes cherberensis
- Microtermes chomaensis
- Microtermes congoensis
- Microtermes darlingtonae
- Microtermes depauperata
- Microtermes divellens
- Microtermes dubius
- Microtermes edwini
- Microtermes etiolatus
- Microtermes feae
- Microtermes grassei
- Microtermes havilandi
- Microtermes hollandei
- Microtermes imphalensis
- Microtermes incertoides
- Microtermes incertus
- Microtermes insperatus
- Microtermes jacobsoni
- Microtermes kairoonae
- Microtermes kasaiensis
- Microtermes kauderni
- Microtermes lepidus
- Microtermes logani
- Microtermes lokoriensis
- Microtermes lounsburyi
- Microtermes luteus
- Microtermes macronotus
- Microtermes magnocellus
- Microtermes magnoculus
- Microtermes mariae
- Microtermes menglunensis
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GB/T 7714
班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Microtermes mangzhuangensis 曼庄小白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/microtermes-mangzhuangensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_microtermes_mangzhuangensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Microtermes mangzhuangensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/microtermes-mangzhuangensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Microtermes mangzhuangensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/microtermes-mangzhuangensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -