Reticulitermes brevicurvatus 短弯颚散白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guizhou Province: Leishan County
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Reticulitermes brevicurvatus is a species of the genus Reticulitermes, in the family HETEROTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1983; the type locality is China: Guizhou Province: Leishan County. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Reticulitermes: From Latin reticulum (little net) + termes.
Specific epithet brevicurvatus: From brevicurv + atus
Taxonomic position
- Family: HETEROTERMITIDAE — 3 genera, 229 species
- Genus: Reticulitermes — 140 species
- Type species of the genus: Reticulitermes flavipes
Distribution
- Distribution records: 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
Head yellow, mandibles dark brown, thorax and abdomen white tinged with yellow. The head capsule is rectangular, the sides parallel. The frontal ridge is very slightly raised. The labrum is spear-shaped, the semi-transparent region at its apex narrowly rounded, bearing long apical hairs and short lateral-apical hairs. The mandibles are short and hook-like, the lacinial margin of the maxilla bearing about nine hairs. Antennae with 13–14 segments. The postmentum is narrow and long. The anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum are almost straight, the middle of the anterior margin with a rather deep U-shaped notch, the middle of the posterior margin shallowly concave, the hairs of the middle region short, small and sparse.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a yellow head with dark brown mandibles and a rectangular capsule with parallel sides; the frontal peaks are only slightly raised. The labrum is lanceolate with a narrowly rounded translucent tip, long apical setae and short lateral ones. Mandibles are short and hook-like, and antennae have 13 to 14 segments. The postmentum is slender. The pronotum is nearly straight at both margins, with a deep U-shaped anterior notch and sparse short setae in the middle.
Biology
The host is masson pine.
Distribution and locality
Leishan, Guizhou (940 m a.s.l.).
Taxonomic notes
The genus name is printed in the original work as Reticuliter mes, a misspelling of Reticulitermes; it is now assigned to the genus Reticulitermes.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 201 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.
- Genetic Evidence for the Synonymy of Two Reticulitermes Species: Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes santonensis
Abstract
By applying the 16S rRNA mitochondrial marker to 434 populations of Reticulitermes termites from North, Central, and South America; France; and Germany with other locations around the world that we have analyzed, identical DNA sequence data were obtained from Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) in North America and Germany and for Reticulitermes santonensis Feytaud from undisturbed (nonurban) forested locations in western France. We also discovered identical DNA sequence data from previously unidentified Reticulitermes specimens from South America and Easter Island. Haplotypes F, M, and GG were observed in France; haplotype F in Germany; and haplotype GG was found on Easter Island, Santiago, Chile, and Montevideo, Uruguay. All of these haplotypes are found in numerous states within the continental United States. In light of their well documented morphological, chemical, and phylogenetic relationships, coupled with this new data that directly link these disjunct groups, R. flavipes and R. santonensis should be synonymized. Compared with other studies that largely suggest phyletic similarities, this is the first study that specifically matches haplotypes from North America (where populations of R. flavipes are endemic) with populations in Europe (where R. flavipes, described as R. santonensis, is presumed exotic).
- An indirect test of inbreeding depression in the termites Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes virginicus
Abstract
- Phylogenetic relationships of nearctic Reticulitermes species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) with particular reference to Reticulitermes arenincola Goellner
Abstract
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Other species in Reticulitermes (139 species)
- Reticulitermes aculabialis
- Reticulitermes aegeus
- Reticulitermes affinis
- Reticulitermes altus
- Reticulitermes amamianus
- Reticulitermes ampliceps
- Reticulitermes ancyleus
- Reticulitermes angustatus
- Reticulitermes angusticephalus
- Reticulitermes arenincola
- Reticulitermes assamensis
- Reticulitermes aurantius
- Reticulitermes balkanensis
- Reticulitermes banyulensis
- Reticulitermes bicristatus
- Reticulitermes bitumulus
- Reticulitermes brachygnathus
- Reticulitermes cancrifemuris
- Reticulitermes castanus
- Reticulitermes chayuensis
- Reticulitermes chinensis
- Reticulitermes choui
- Reticulitermes chryseus
- Reticulitermes citrinus
- Reticulitermes clypeatus
- Reticulitermes coelceps
- Reticulitermes conus
- Reticulitermes croceus
- Reticulitermes curticeps
- Reticulitermes curvatus
- Reticulitermes cymbidii
- Reticulitermes dabieshanensis
- Reticulitermes dantuensis
- Reticulitermes dayongensis
- Reticulitermes dinghuensis
- Reticulitermes emei
- Reticulitermes fengduensis
- Reticulitermes flaviceps
- Reticulitermes flavipes
- Reticulitermes fukienensis
139 species in this genus. See all species on the genus page →
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: Reticulitermes brevicurvatus 短弯颚散白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-brevicurvatus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_reticulitermes_brevicurvatus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Reticulitermes brevicurvatus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-brevicurvatus/},
note = {HETEROTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Reticulitermes brevicurvatus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-brevicurvatus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -