Nasutitermes dudgeoni 香港象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: The New Territories: Hong Kong: Ma On Shan
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Nasutitermes dudgeoni is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Gao & Lam in 1986; the type locality is China: The New Territories: Hong Kong: Ma On Shan. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.
Specific epithet dudgeoni: Named after Dudgeon
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 of the soldier yellowish brown, nasus pale yellowish brown. Small hairs sparsely distributed at the tip of the nasus. Head pear-shaped, widest posteriorly, the posterior margin rounded and nearly straight at the middle; nasus tubular, slightly turned up. Antennae with 13 segments, segment 3 either longer or shorter than segment 2 but longer than segment 4, segments 2 and 5 about equal in length. Mandibles with a pointed spine. Pronotum smallish, saddle-shaped, the anterior half erect, the posterior margin rounded, the anterior and posterior margins both concave in the middle. Femora rather long.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a yellowish brown head and a pale yellowish brown nasus with a few small hairs at its tip. The head is pear-shaped and widest behind, its hind margin rounded yet nearly straight in the middle, and the nasus is tubular and slightly upturned. Antennae have 13 segments, the third longer than the fourth and equal to the second and fifth, and each mandible bears a spine. The pronotum is small and saddle-shaped, erect in front, with both margins concave at the middle.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Hong Kong.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 411 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 bashanensis
- 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
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 dudgeoni 香港象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-dudgeoni/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_dudgeoni_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Nasutitermes dudgeoni: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-dudgeoni/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Nasutitermes dudgeoni: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-dudgeoni/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -