Pseudocapritermes minutus 小伪扭白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: ChinPing
- Distribution
- Yunnan (Jinping Mengla580 m), China
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Summary
Pseudocapritermes minutus is a species of the genus Pseudocapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Tsai & Chen in 1963; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: ChinPing. Distribution: Yunnan (Jinping Mengla580 m), China.
Etymology
Genus name Pseudocapritermes: From Greek pseudēs (false) + Latin caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet minutus: Latin minutus (tiny)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Mirocapritermitinae — 14 genera, 135 species
- Genus: Pseudocapritermes — 19 species
- Type species of the genus: Pseudocapritermes silvaticus
Distribution
- Distribution records: Yunnan (Jinping Mengla580 m), 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
Very small in size; the appearance resembles that of Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus, but the frontal ridge is not projecting. The head is reddish yellow, the mandibles brown, the antennae and the thorax and abdomen pale yellow, and the whole body is covered with short hairs. The head is long and tubular, the sides parallel; the dorsal longitudinal suture extends from the posterior margin to half the length of the head. The anterior one-fifth of the dorsum of the head slopes forwards as a facet, the crest of the slope being sinuous and blunt in lateral view, not forming a ridge-like projection. The fontanelle lies on the upper part of the slope. The labrum is narrow and strip-like, longer than wide, its anterior margin concave, both the left and the right corner needle-like. The postmentum is widest at its very front end and narrows slightly posteriorly, narrowest at the posterior third. The right mandible is shorter and slightly sinuous, its anterior end sharp; the left mandible is longer with considerable sinuation, with a swollen part near the anterior end, beyond which it gradually narrows and bends into a hook whose tip points antero-dextrally. Antennae with 14 segments, segments 3 and 4 about equal in length, segment 2 slightly longer. The anterior half of the pronotum rises vertically, shaped like a low, flat semicircle, the middle of the anterior margin slightly sinuous, the notch not distinct. The abdomen is slender and long.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
A very small species resembling Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus but with a less prominent frontal peak. The head is a long cylinder with parallel sides, its dorsal suture reaching half the head length, the front fifth sloping forward into a blunt, bent crest. The labrum is bar-shaped and longer than wide with needle-like side angles, the left mandible is longer, strongly bent and hooked with a swelling near the tip, and the antennae have 14 segments. The pronotum rises vertically in a low semicircle. Specimens were taken in a rotten fallen trunk.
Biology
Collected inside a decayed trunk lying on the ground.
Distribution and locality
Mengla, Jinping, Yunnan, 580 m a.s.l.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 384 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.
- Synonymy of soil-feeding termites Pseudocapritermes sowerbyi and Pseudocapritermes largus, with evidence from morphology and genetics
Abstract
- Four New Species of Reticulitermes and Pseudocapritermes (Isoptera:Kalotermitidae and Termitidae) From Yunnan,China
Abstract
1)Reticulitermes (Frontotermes) jiangchengensis sp.nov.;2)Reticulitermes (Planifrontotermes) curticeps sp.nov.;3)Pseudocapritermes planimentus sp.nov.;4)Pseudocapritermes jiangchengensis sp.nov.
- New species of termite Pseudocapritermes kunjepu Mathew sp. nov. (Blattodea: Termitidae: Termitinae) from India
Abstract
The genus Pseudocapritermes Kemner, 1934, endemic to Oriental region is represented by 18 species. A new species, Pseudocapritermes kunjepu Mathew sp. nov. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae), is described from Kerala, India, based on the characters of soldiers and workers. Morphological measurements of the soldiers and workers are given with suitable illustrations. A revised key to the species of Pseudocapritermes (based on soldier caste) found in India along with the species distribution map are also provided. Key words: Isoptera, new species, Pseudocapritermes, Termitidae
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Other species in Pseudocapritermes (18 species)
- Pseudocapritermes angustignathus
- Pseudocapritermes bhutanensis
- Pseudocapritermes fletcheri
- Pseudocapritermes jiangchengensis
- Pseudocapritermes karticki
- Pseudocapritermes kemneri
- Pseudocapritermes kunjepu
- Pseudocapritermes megacephalus
- Pseudocapritermes novus
- Pseudocapritermes orientalis
- Pseudocapritermes parasilvaticus
- Pseudocapritermes planimentus
- Pseudocapritermes prosilvaticus
- Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus
- Pseudocapritermes silvaticus
- Pseudocapritermes sinensis
- Pseudocapritermes sowerbyi
- Pseudocapritermes tikadari
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: Pseudocapritermes minutus 小伪扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pseudocapritermes-minutus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_pseudocapritermes_minutus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Pseudocapritermes minutus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pseudocapritermes-minutus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Pseudocapritermes minutus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pseudocapritermes-minutus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -