Pericapritermes papuanus 巴布亚近扭白蚁
- Type locality
- Papua New Guinea: Western Province: Wipim
- Distribution
- Papua New Guinea
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Summary
Pericapritermes papuanus is a species of the genus Pericapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Bourguignon & Roisin in 2008; the type locality is Papua New Guinea: Western Province: Wipim. Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Etymology
Genus name Pericapritermes: From Greek peri- (around) + Latin caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet papuanus: After Papua (New Guinea)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Mirocapritermitinae — 14 genera, 135 species
- Genus: Pericapritermes — 40 species
- Type species of the genus: Pericapritermes urgens
Distribution
- Distribution records: Papua New Guinea
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Morphology
A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Bourguignon & Roisin, 2008. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
Distribution map
No GBIF record with coordinates was found for this species.
Related papers
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- Internal Armature of the Hindgut of Pericapritermes nitobei (Shiraki)
Abstract
The internal armature of the hindgut of Pericapritermes nitobei was examined under a light microscope. Termites were obtained from Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, identified based on the typological characters of soldiers and 12S (mitochondrial) ribosomal RNA sequencing, and dissected to examine hindgut morphology. The hindgut of P. nitobei could be separated into four parts, P1-P4, and P1-P3 had cuticular spines on the inner surface. P1 bore small triangular spines. P2 formed an enteric valve, composed of six finger-shaped enteric pads with triangular spines, and six marginal regions with small dot-like spines. P3 bore three different types of spines: relatively large star-shaped spines; thorn-like small spines, and long curved spines with brush-like tips.
- The complete mitochondrial genome of Pericapritermes nitobei (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Abstract
The complete circular mitochondrial genome of a higher termite Pericapritermes nitobei has a length of 15,224bp and encodes 37 genes including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and a non-coding control region (D-loop). Protein coding genes (PCGs) in this circular mitogenome start with standard ATN initiation codons and end with complete termination codons TAN except for cox2 and nad5 genes with an incomplete stop codon T. The percentage of A and T (67.49%) is higher than that of G and C (32.51%). The phylogenetic tree revealed that mitogenomes of Pericapritermes formed one clade. The tree also revealed that Pericapritermes dolichocephalus and Pericapritermes latignathus constituted a sister group to P. nitobei. The date here provide a resource for genetics and evolution analysis within termites especially Pericapritermes genus.
- A NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORD OF PERICAPRITERMES(ISOPTERA: TERMITIDAE: TERMITINAE)
Abstract
Pericapritermes gutianensis sp. nov. soldier (figs. 1-6) Imago (figs. 7-10).Body medium. Soldier and Imago resemble to Pericapritermes jangtsekiangensis (Kemner), but the soldier with body larger in size, and head comparatively wider and thicker; also resemble to Pericapritermes fetraphilus (Silvestri), but its imago is black brown vs. reddish brown; the imago and soldiers of the new species are much smaller than P. tetraphilus(Silvestri), Imago: width of head with eyes 1.21-1.26 (1.24) vs. 1.33-1.40 (1.38); width of pronotum 0.98-1.09 (1.02) vs. 1.13-1.17 (1.15). Soldier: width of head 1.40-1.51 (1.46) vs. 1.53-1.78 (1.69); width of pronotum 0.80-0.92 (0.85) vs. 0.97-1.17 (1.13).Pericapritermes latignathus (Holmgren), new record. The soldiers resemble to P. tetraphilus (Silvestri), but its abdomen densely pilose, each tergite with many Jong bristles vs. abdomen scantily hairly, each tergite with four-five long bristles.All specimens are deposited in the Guangdong Institute of Entomology.
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Other species in Pericapritermes (39 species)
- Pericapritermes appellans
- Pericapritermes assamensis
- Pericapritermes beibengensis
- Pericapritermes brachygnathus
- Pericapritermes buitenzorgi
- Pericapritermes ceylonicus
- Pericapritermes chiasognathus
- Pericapritermes desaegeri
- Pericapritermes dolichocephalus
- Pericapritermes dumicola
- Pericapritermes dunensis
- Pericapritermes durga
- Pericapritermes fuscotibialis
- Pericapritermes gloveri
- Pericapritermes gutianensis
- Pericapritermes hepuensis
- Pericapritermes heteronotus
- Pericapritermes latignathus
- Pericapritermes machadoi
- Pericapritermes magnificus
- Pericapritermes minimus
- Pericapritermes modiglianii
- Pericapritermes mohri
- Pericapritermes nigerianus
- Pericapritermes nitobei
- Pericapritermes paetensis
- Pericapritermes pallidipes
- Pericapritermes parvus
- Pericapritermes pilosus
- Pericapritermes planiusculus
- Pericapritermes schultzei
- Pericapritermes semarangi
- Pericapritermes silvestrianus
- Pericapritermes speciosus
- Pericapritermes tetraphilus
- Pericapritermes topslipensis
- Pericapritermes urgens
- Pericapritermes vermai
- Pericapritermes wuzhishanensis
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: Pericapritermes papuanus 巴布亚近扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-papuanus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_pericapritermes_papuanus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Pericapritermes papuanus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-papuanus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Pericapritermes papuanus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-papuanus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -