Extant Isoptera Latin–Chinese name comparison list
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Extant Isoptera (Termites) — Latin–Chinese Name Comparison List 现存等翅下目（白蚁）拉丁学名—中文正名对照名录

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Pericapritermes wuzhishanensis Li, 1982 五指山近扭白蚁

Species

Type locality
China: Hainan Island: Wuzhishan
Distribution
China (Hainan)

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Summary

Pericapritermes wuzhishanensis is a species of the genus Pericapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Li in 1982; the type locality is China: Hainan Island: Wuzhishan. Distribution: China (Hainan).

Etymology

Genus name Pericapritermes: From Greek peri- (around) + Latin caper (goat) + termes.

Specific epithet wuzhishanensis: Named after the locality Wuzhishan

Taxonomic position

Distribution

  • Distribution records: China (Hainan)

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 rectangular, the sides slightly parallel, the frons not projecting or slightly raised. The mandibles are asymmetrical, the left mandible twisted, its apex narrow and curved inwards into a hook; the right mandible straighter and somewhat sabre-like, its apex slightly turned inwards, in a few specimens curved forwards or outwards, differing considerably from the left mandible. The labrum is usually longer than wide, the anterior notch shallow and flat. Antennae with 14 segments. The pronotum is narrower than the head and saddle-shaped. Tibial spur formula 3:2:2.

Alate

The head is brown, the postclypeus, antennae, thoracic and abdominal tergites and wings pale brown, the compound eyes black, the anteclypeus white, the fontanelle yellowish white; the head, mesonotum, wing scales and abdominal tergites bear numerous long and short hairs. The head is broadly oval, widest at the middle and narrowing towards both ends. The fontanelle is rather large, shaped like a long oval narrowed at the front end and rounded at the back, with a faintly discernible V-shaped bifurcating line on each anterolateral side, its surface slightly depressed and not raised. The postclypeus is raised and lacks a median longitudinal line. Antennae with 15 segments, the scape the thickest and longest, segment 3 the shortest and smallest. The ocelli are elliptical and not distinctly projecting, their distance from the compound eye less than the short diameter of the ocellus itself; the compound eyes are large and strongly projecting, their distance to the lower margin of the head less than the ocellus-compound eye distance. The left mandible has four teeth, the apical tooth the longest and pointed, marginal tooth 3 reduced to a mere dot. The anterior margin of the pronotum is almost straight, the posterior margin slightly concave, the T-shaped mark indistinct. The forewing scale is larger than the hindwing scale. The media of the forewing arises independently at the shoulder suture and rather nearer the cubitus, with five to six branches behind; the media of the hindwing arises from the base of the radial sector, with four branches behind.

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Soldiers have a rectangular head with a flat or slightly raised frons, a twisted left mandible with a narrow hooked tip and a straighter sword-like right one, a labrum longer than wide with a shallow notch, 14-segmented antennae and a saddle-shaped pronotum narrower than the head. Alates are brown with a broad oval head, a very large fontanelle bearing V-shaped forks in front, strongly protruding eyes, 15-segmented antennae, and a forewing media giving five or six branches.

Biology

Distribution and locality

Wuzhishan, Hainan; Meixian, Guangdong.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 381 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.

Other databases

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✔ 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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Related papers

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  1. Internal Armature of the Hindgut of Pericapritermes nitobei (Shiraki)

    Natsumi Kanzaki, Wakako Ohmura · 2016 · Sociobiology

    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.

  2. The complete mitochondrial genome of Pericapritermes nitobei (Isoptera: Termitidae)

    Yiyuan Liao, Shengli Lu, Haihong Chen, Dayu Zhang · 2018 · Mitochondrial DNA Part B

    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.

  3. A NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORD OF PERICAPRITERMES(ISOPTERA: TERMITIDAE: TERMITINAE)

    Li G · 1983 · Acta Entomologica Sinica

    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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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Pericapritermes wuzhishanensis 五指山近扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-wuzhishanensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_pericapritermes_wuzhishanensis_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Pericapritermes wuzhishanensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pericapritermes-wuzhishanensis/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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