Nasutitermes fengkaiensis 封开象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangdong Province: Fengkai
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Nasutitermes fengkaiensis is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Li in 1986; the type locality is China: Guangdong Province: Fengkai. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.
Specific epithet fengkaiensis: Named after the locality Fengka
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 pale yellow, nasus pale brown, antennae and legs pale yellow. Surface of the head covered with sparse fine hairs, the dorsum of the abdomen with more numerous short hairs. Head lute-shaped, narrow in front and broad behind, the sides rounded, slightly bulging near the occiput, the posterior margin arcuately rounded and slightly flat at its centre. Nasus slender, tubular, straight in lateral view. Mandibles with a pointed spine, the spine either long or short and small; in some individuals a spine on one side and a blunt projection without a distinct spine on the other. Antennae with 11 to 12 segments, in all of which segment 3 is longer than segment 2 and segment 2 longer than segment 4, segment 4 short and small. Neither the anterior nor the posterior margin of the pronotum with a distinct incision.
Alate
Worker
Worker: apical tooth of the left mandible almost equal in size to the first marginal tooth, the cutting edges between the marginal teeth straight; apical tooth of the right mandible slightly smaller than or almost equal to the first marginal tooth, the second marginal tooth situated rather close to the first.
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier is pale yellow with a pale brown nasus. The head is lute-shaped, narrowed in front and broad behind, with rounded sides bulging slightly near the occiput and a rounded hind margin flattened in the middle; the nasus is slender, tubular and straight in profile. Mandibles bear spines, which may be small or absent on one side, and antennae have 11 or 12 segments, the third longer than the second and the second longer than the short fourth.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Huanggang, Fengkai, Zhaoqing, Guangdong.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 413 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 fengkaiensis 封开象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-fengkaiensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_fengkaiensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Nasutitermes fengkaiensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-fengkaiensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Nasutitermes fengkaiensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-fengkaiensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -