Nasutitermes nigriceps Haldeman, 1854 黑头象白蚁

Species

Type locality

Mexico: Western Mexico

Distribution

Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Belize, French Guiana, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, United States Virgin Islands

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Summary

Nasutitermes nigriceps is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Haldeman in 1854; the type locality is Mexico: Western Mexico. Distribution: Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Belize, French Guiana, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, United States Virgin Islands. This site records 4 junior synonyms for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.

Specific epithet nigriceps: Latin niger (black) + -ceps (head), black-headed

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: Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Belize, French Guiana, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, United States Virgin Islands

The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.

Junior synonyms

This site records 4 junior synonyms for the species, listed by their original literature source:

1. Eutermes (Eutermes) guatemalae Holmgren, 1910: 294-295 — type locality: Guatemala: San José
2. Eutermes (Eutermes) pilifrons Holmgren, 1910: 265-266 — type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Bogotá [4.6N 74.0833W]
3. Eutermes (Eutermes) pacificus Holmgren, 1910: 266-267 — type locality: Curaçao: ?
4. Nasutitermes dasyopsis Thorne, 1989 — type locality: Panama: Cuayabo Grande

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonyms above (Eutermes (Eutermes) guatemalae, Eutermes (Eutermes) pilifrons, Eutermes (Eutermes) pacificus, Nasutitermes dasyopsis); this site treats them all under Nasutitermes nigriceps.

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Records follow the original literature; please attach an evidence link.

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Nasutitermes nigriceps 黑头象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-nigriceps/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

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