Postelectrotermes howa 合华后琥珀白蚁
- Type locality
- Madagascar: Fenerive
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion (France)
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Summary
Postelectrotermes howa is a species of the genus Postelectrotermes, in the family KALOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Wasmann in 1897; the type locality is Madagascar: Fenerive. Distribution: Indian Ocean islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion (France). This site records 1 junior synonym for the species.
Etymology
Genus name Postelectrotermes: From Latin post (after) + Greek ēlektron (amber) + termes (possibly alluding to amber fossils).
Specific epithet howa: After the Hova people (Madagascar)
Taxonomic position
- Family: KALOTERMITIDAE — 23 genera, 480 species
- Genus: Postelectrotermes — 15 species
- Type species of the genus: Postelectrotermes praecox
Distribution
- Distribution records: Indian Ocean islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion (France)
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Junior synonyms
This site records 1 junior synonym for the species, listed by its original literature source:
- Neotermes howa mauritiana Sjöstedt, 1926: 42 — type locality: Mauritius: ?
In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonym Neotermes howa mauritiana; this site treats it under Postelectrotermes howa.
Morphology
A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Wasmann, 1897. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
Distribution map
Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.
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.
- Postelectrotermes militaris (dry wood termite)
Abstract
- Swarming of nymphs of Postelectrotermes pasniensis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae).
Abstract
- Pachyjoenia howa, a new symbiotic parabasalid joeniid flagellate of the termite Postelectrotermes howa
Abstract
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Other species in Postelectrotermes (14 species)
- Postelectrotermes amplus
- Postelectrotermes bhimi
- Postelectrotermes bidentatus
- Postelectrotermes castaneiceps
- Postelectrotermes longiceps
- Postelectrotermes longus
- Postelectrotermes militaris
- Postelectrotermes nayari
- Postelectrotermes pasniensis
- Postelectrotermes pishinensis
- Postelectrotermes praecox
- Postelectrotermes sordwanae
- Postelectrotermes tongyaii
- Postelectrotermes zabuliensis
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: Postelectrotermes howa 合华后琥珀白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/postelectrotermes-howa/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_postelectrotermes_howa_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Postelectrotermes howa: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/postelectrotermes-howa/},
note = {KALOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Postelectrotermes howa: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/postelectrotermes-howa/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -