Nasutitermes tiantongensis 天童象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Zhejiang Province: Mt. Tiantong
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Nasutitermes tiantongensis is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Zhou & Xu in 1993; the type locality is China: Zhejiang Province: Mt. Tiantong. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.
Specific epithet tiantongensis: Named after the locality Tiantong
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 pale yellowish brown, nasus reddish brown, antennae brown, thorax, abdomen and legs white tinged with pale brown. Surface of the head covered with fine hairs mixed with several long ones, the tip of the nasus densely covered with short hairs. Head nearly pear-shaped, longer than wide, widest at the posterior third; the posterior margin convex, shallowly concave in the middle. The head together with the nasus about twice as long as the head width. Nasus a round tube extending horizontally forwards in lateral view, the base of the nasus slightly raised, the vertex higher than the tip of the nasus. Mandibles with an apical spine. Antennae with 12 to 13 segments, segment 2 or segment 4 shortest. The pronotum about 2.6 times as wide as long, the anterior and posterior margins both nearly straight at the middle. Hind tibia longer than the head width.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are pale yellowish brown with a reddish brown nasus, the head covered by fine hairs mixed with a few long ones and the tip of the nasus densely short-haired. The head is pear-shaped, widest behind the middle, its hind margin convex with a shallow median depression, and the head plus nasus is about twice as long as the head is wide. The tubular nasus projects straight forward in profile, with the vertex above its tip. Antennae have twelve or thirteen segments.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Tiantong Mountain, Ningbo, Zhejiang.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 436 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 tiantongensis 天童象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-tiantongensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_tiantongensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Nasutitermes tiantongensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-tiantongensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Nasutitermes tiantongensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-tiantongensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -