Pericapritermes planiusculus 平扁近扭白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guizhou Province: Congjiang Xiang
- Distribution
- Guizhou (Congjiang).
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Summary
Pericapritermes planiusculus is a species of the genus Pericapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1988; the type locality is China: Guizhou Province: Congjiang Xiang. Distribution: Guizhou (Congjiang)..
Etymology
Genus name Pericapritermes: From Greek peri- (around) + Latin caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet planiusculus: From planiusc + ulus
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: Guizhou (Congjiang).
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
The head capsule is yellowish tinged with brown, the left mandible dark brown, the labrum white with the anterior half yellow, the antennae yellowish brown; the pronotum pale yellowish brown, the legs slightly paler, the abdomen pale yellowish white. The head capsule bears a few scattered long bristles, four at the apex of the labrum, and two to three on each anterolateral margin of the postmentum; bristles also arise on the anterior margin and the posterolateral margins of the pronotum. The head capsule is rectangular, the head width index 0.55–0.58, the sides almost parallel and slightly widening posteriorly, the anterior half narrower, the posterolateral corners broadly rounded, the middle of the posterior margin shallowly concave, the median suture distinct and more than two-thirds of the length of the head capsule; in lateral view the dorsal margin of the head is straight and the frons forms a slope of about 30 degrees, the fontanelle being slightly projecting. The middle section of the left mandible is strongly twisted, the mandibular apex swollen and bluntly rounded; the right mandible is shorter and sabre-like, with a pointed apex. Antennae with 14 segments, segments 2 and 4 both short, the segments from the fifth onwards longer. The postmentum is slender and long, widest in front of the anterior one-fifth, the constriction index of the waist region about 0.47. The pronotum is saddle-shaped, with a distinct median incision on the anterior margin. Tibial spur formula 3:2:2.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a yellow-brown head, a white labrum with a yellow front half, and a blackish left mandible. The head is rectangular with a head index of 0.55 to 0.58, nearly parallel sides, a broadly rounded posterior angle and a coronal suture exceeding two thirds of the head length; the frons slopes at about 30 degrees. The left mandible is strongly twisted with a swollen, blunt tip, the right is sword-like, and the antennae are 14-segmented. Setae are sparse on the head and paired on the pronotum and abdominal tergites.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Congjiang, Guizhou.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 378 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.
- 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 papuanus
- Pericapritermes parvus
- Pericapritermes pilosus
- 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 planiusculus 平扁近扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-planiusculus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_pericapritermes_planiusculus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Pericapritermes planiusculus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-planiusculus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Pericapritermes planiusculus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-planiusculus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -