Nasutitermes huangshanensis 黄山象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Anhui Province: Mt. Huang
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Nasutitermes huangshanensis is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Gao & Chen in 1992; the type locality is China: Anhui Province: Mt. Huang. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.
Specific epithet huangshanensis: Named after the locality Huangshan
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 brown, the base of the nasus darker, nasus reddish brown, anterior lobe of the pronotum paler than the nasus, posterior lobe concolorous with the head, legs yellow; the head with several sparse long hairs, the tip of the nasus with several as well. Large form: head transversely broadly rounded, widest about the middle, the posterior margin slightly concave; in lateral view the vertex slightly raised and the base of the nasus slightly raised; antennae with 13 to 14 segments, mostly 13, segment 3 longest, the apical teeth of the mandibles rather distinct; pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior lobe shorter than the posterior lobe, the incisions in the middle of the anterior and posterior margins distinct. Medium form: colour slightly paler in all parts, chaetotaxy as in the large form; head broadly pear-shaped, widest slightly behind the middle, the posterior margin flat and slightly concave in the middle, the nasus in lateral view slightly turned up with the base slightly raised and the apex bulging slightly outwards, nasus conical, the apical teeth of the mandibles mostly indistinct; antennae with 13 segments, segment 3 longest. Small form: paler still, chaetotaxy as in the two preceding forms; head nearly circular, widest slightly behind the middle, the nasus in lateral view turned up with the apex rather flat; antennae with 12 to 13 segments, the apical teeth of the mandibles indistinct.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are trimorphic. The large form has a brown head with a reddish brown nasus and thirteen or fourteen antennal segments, the third the longest; the head is transversely rounded and the pronotum saddle-shaped with obvious notches on both margins. The medium form has a broad pear-shaped head with a conical nasus, and the small form has a nearly circular head with twelve or thirteen antennal segments and indistinct mandibular teeth.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Huangshan, Anhui.
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. 454 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 huangshanensis 黄山象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-huangshanensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_huangshanensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Nasutitermes huangshanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-huangshanensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Nasutitermes huangshanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-huangshanensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -