Nasutitermes xingshanensis 兴山象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Hubei Province: Xingshan County
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Nasutitermes xingshanensis is a species of the genus Nasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Yin in 1992; the type locality is China: Hubei Province: Xingshan County. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Nasutitermes: From Latin nasutus (large-nosed) + termes, for the nasute soldier.
Specific epithet xingshanensis: Named after the locality Xingshan
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, nasus deep brown, the longitudinal stripe in the middle of the head pale; thorax and abdomen pale brown, legs paler. Hairs on the head very sparse, a few hairs at the tip of the nasus. Large form: head flatly rounded, the sides swollen, the middle of the posterior margin shallowly concave; nasus a round tube, about two thirds as long as the head, slightly turned up, the base of the nasus depressed, the mandibles with a long apical spine. Antennae with 13 segments, segment 3 twice as long as segment 2. The anterior lobe of the pronotum strongly sclerotised, the median incision shallow. Medium form similar to the large form, the nasus extending straight forwards, its tip below the vertex, the base of the nasus flat; antennae with 13 to 14 segments. Small form similar to the medium form but paler, the nasus extending straight, the apical spine of the mandibles blunt or absent.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The large soldier has a brown head with a dark brown nasus about two thirds as long as the head, a flat rounded head swollen at the sides, and a long mandibular spine. Antennae have thirteen segments, the third twice the second. The medium form resembles the large one but projects the nasus straight forward below the vertex, while the small form is paler with a blunt or absent mandibular spine.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Xingshan, Hubei.
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. 460 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 xingshanensis 兴山象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-xingshanensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_nasutitermes_xingshanensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Nasutitermes xingshanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-xingshanensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Nasutitermes xingshanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/nasutitermes-xingshanensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -