Nasutitermes bashanensis 巴山象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Shaanxi Province, Zhenping County
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Nasutitermes bashanensis is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Zhang in 1992; the type locality is China: Shaanxi Province, Zhenping County. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.
Specific epithet bashanensis: Named after the locality Bashan
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Nasutitermes — 243 species
- Type species of the genus: Nasutitermes corniger
Distribution
- Distribution records: China
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 and antennae brown, the nasus and the anterior margin of the pronotum also darker, the abdominal segments pale. Similar in body form to the large soldier but slightly paler; the anterior margin of the pronotum shows almost no concavity in the middle, while the posterior margin is slightly concave there; mandibles short and small, the tooth-like processes indistinct.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
This soldier resembles the large form of its relatives but is slightly paler, with the nasus and the front margin of the pronotum darker than the rest. The front margin of the pronotum is almost without a median depression while the hind margin is shallowly concave. Mandibles are short and their teeth inconspicuous. The host plant recorded for the species is Castanea mollissima, and it is known from the northern slope of the Daba Mountains in southern Shaanxi.
Biology
Host plant recorded as the Chinese chestnut.
Distribution and locality
Langhekou, northern slope of the Daba Mountains, Zhenping, Shaanxi.
Taxonomic notes
The original work placed it in the genus Mironasutitermes; it is now assigned to the genus Nasutitermes.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 451 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.
- The site of cellulose breakdown in higher termites (Nasutitermes walkeri and Nasutitermes exitiosus)
Abstract
- Defensive behavior of a termite (Nasutitermes exitiosus)
Abstract
- Attraction of Neotropical Nasutitermes Termites to Carrion
Abstract
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Other species in Nasutitermes (242 species)
- Nasutitermes acajutlae
- Nasutitermes acangussu
- Nasutitermes acutus
- Nasutitermes aduncus
- Nasutitermes alticola
- Nasutitermes amboinensis
- Nasutitermes anamalaiensis
- Nasutitermes anjiensis
- Nasutitermes anoniensis
- Nasutitermes aquilinus
- Nasutitermes araujoi
- Nasutitermes arborum
- Nasutitermes arenarius
- Nasutitermes aruensis
- Nasutitermes atripennis
- Nasutitermes aurantius
- Nasutitermes balingtauagensis
- Nasutitermes banksi
- Nasutitermes bannaensis
- Nasutitermes benjamini
- Nasutitermes bikpelanus
- Nasutitermes bivalens
- Nasutitermes boengiensis
- Nasutitermes boetoni
- Nasutitermes bolivari
- Nasutitermes bolivianus
- Nasutitermes brachynasutus
- Nasutitermes brevioculatus
- Nasutitermes brevirostris
- Nasutitermes brunneus
- Nasutitermes bulbiceps
- Nasutitermes bulbus
- Nasutitermes callimorphus
- Nasutitermes camerunensis
- Nasutitermes carnarvonensis
- Nasutitermes castaneus
- Nasutitermes celebensis
- Nasutitermes centraliensis
- Nasutitermes ceylonicus
- Nasutitermes changningensis
242 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: Nasutitermes bashanensis 巴山象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-bashanensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_bashanensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Nasutitermes bashanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-bashanensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Nasutitermes bashanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-bashanensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -