Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus 隆额伪扭白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: ChinPing
- Distribution
- Yunnan (Jinping Mengla390 m), China
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Summary
Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus 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 Mengla390 m), China.
Etymology
Genus name Pseudocapritermes: From Greek pseudēs (false) + Latin caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet pseudolaetus: From the descriptive term ‘pseud’ (false)
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 Mengla390 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
The head is reddish yellow, slightly darker anteriorly; mandibles brownish black, antennae yellow, abdomen white; the whole body densely covered with short hairs. The head is tubular and rectangular in dorsal view, the sides parallel, the posterior margin slightly arcuate. At one-fifth of the anterior end of the head the middle rises into a pointed ridge, behind which the dorsum of the head forms an indistinct slope and gradually descends; in front of the ridge a slope of 45 degrees descends to the anterior end of the head, with a longitudinal groove in the middle of the slope. The fontanelle lies on the anterior slope near the apex of the ridge. The labrum is about as long as wide, the left anterolateral corner projecting as a needle, the right anterolateral corner sharp but not needle-like; the anterior margin oblique. The mandibles are slightly shorter than the head; the right mandible is shorter and straighter than the left, its anterior end sharp; the torsion of the left mandible is gentler, its apex directed to the right, and there is another tooth-like process at the base of the mandible pointing down and to the right. The postmentum bulges distinctly towards the ventral surface, narrow posteriorly and gradually widening in front of the midpoint, widest at the anterior end. Antennae with 14 segments, segments 3 and 4 equal and shorter than segment 2. The raised part of the pronotum is about the same size as the posterior part, the middle of the anterior margin slightly depressed.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The head is reddish yellow, darker in front, cylindrical and rectangular in dorsal view with a pointed peak at the front fifth, a forty-five degree slope in front of it bearing a median groove, and the fontanelle near the crest. The labrum is as long as wide with a needle-like left angle, the left mandible is only slightly twisted and bent to the right, and the postmentum swells toward the ventral side with its widest point at the front. Antennae are 14-segmented, the third and fourth equal and shorter than the second.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Mengla, Jinping, Yunnan, 390 m a.s.l.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 386 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 minutus
- Pseudocapritermes novus
- Pseudocapritermes orientalis
- Pseudocapritermes parasilvaticus
- Pseudocapritermes planimentus
- Pseudocapritermes prosilvaticus
- 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 pseudolaetus 隆额伪扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pseudocapritermes-pseudolaetus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_pseudocapritermes_pseudolaetus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pseudocapritermes-pseudolaetus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Pseudocapritermes pseudolaetus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/pseudocapritermes-pseudolaetus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -