Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915 新赫布里底象白蚁

Species

Type locality: Vanuatu: Ambrym
Distribution: Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu

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Summary

Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Holmgren & Holmgren in 1915; the type locality is Vanuatu: Ambrym. Distribution: Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu. This site records 2 junior synonyms for the species.

Etymology

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

Specific epithet novarumhebridarum: Named after the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

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: Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu

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

Junior synonyms

This site records 2 junior synonyms for the species, listed by their original literature source:

Nasutitermes (Grallatotermes) oceanicum Snyder, 1925: 439-440 — type locality: Solomon Islands: Santa Cruz Archipelago: Graciosa Bay
Eutermes yandiniensis Hill, 1927: 25-28 — type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Britain: Rabaul

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonyms above (Nasutitermes (Grallatotermes) oceanicum, Eutermes yandiniensis); this site treats them all under Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

Distribution map

Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.

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Other databases

The links below are produced by matching the scientific name against public APIs, for cross-checking. The checklist data itself is unchanged.

GBIF Backbone Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum accepted Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915) accepted
WikidataQ104374233taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileNasutitermes novarumhebridarum (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915) validauto-matched

✔ Consistent with the accepted names in GBIF and Catalogue of Life.

Sources：GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · Catalogue of Life (3LR, 2026-10-14 · doi:10.48580/dgzh4) · Wikidata (P225) · Blattodea Species File. Retrieved on 2026-11-13 (UTC). Matching method and decision rules are described on the data page.

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Literature notes

Edited notes based on the original literature, not transcriptions. The source markers in each paragraph point to archived records in .sources; full citations are listed below.

Replacement reproductives and colony reproduction

According to the abstract, queen-removal experiments by Roisin (1987) showed that replacement reproductives of Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum develop only from workers as ergatoids, never from nymphs or alates; three moults are required for a worker to become a functional ergatoid, one more than in other termites previously known.

The same study notes that in colonies with functional ergatoids some nymphs gave rise to worker-like individuals; unlike the sympatric Nasutitermes princeps and related species, in which imaginal replacement reproductives are readily produced, Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum appears to rely exclusively on independent alate founders that colonise large but finite and widely spaced resources such as dead or damaged tree trunks, its caste pathway being interpreted as channelling a maximum of resources into the production of dispersing alates.

References

Roisin, Y. & Pasteels, J. M. (1987). Caste developmental potentialities in the termite Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.

Literature notes updated: 2026-11-12.

Other species in Nasutitermes (242 species)

242 species in this genus. See all species on the genus page →

Cite this species

Citation strings are generated from the fields of this page; please keep the DOI and the version number when citing.

GB/T 7714

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

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_novarumhebridarum_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-novarumhebridarum/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

TY  - ELEC
TI  - Nasutitermes novarumhebridarum: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)
AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
UR  - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-novarumhebridarum/
DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -