Reticulitermes luofunicus 罗浮散白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangdong Province: Boluo County: Luofushan
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Reticulitermes luofunicus is a species of the genus Reticulitermes, in the family HETEROTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Zhu, Ma & Li in 1982; the type locality is China: Guangdong Province: Boluo County: Luofushan. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Reticulitermes: From Latin reticulum (little net) + termes.
Specific epithet luofunicus: Named after Luofu Mountain (Luofu Shan, Guangdong, China)
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 pale yellow, mandibles blackish brown, pilosity of the head capsule sparse. Head capsule rectangular, head-width index about 0.62, lateral margins slightly arcuate and slightly widened posteriorly, posterior margin broadly rounded. Frontal peaks slightly raised. Labrum sharply lanceolate, apex shortly needle-like, apical setae present, lateral apical setae present or absent. Mandibles stout, apex strongly curved; mandible length about 0.59 times head capsule length and 0.95 times head width. Antennae 16–17 segments. Broad region of the postmentum before the anterior fifth; waist region narrow and elongate, margins nearly parallel, waist constriction index about 0.30. Pronotum kidney-shaped, about 1.75 times as wide as long, anterior margin shallowly concave in the middle, posterior margin distinctly incised in the middle; about 4 setae in the middle region.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are pale yellow with blackish brown mandibles and a sparsely haired head. The capsule is rectangular, its sides faintly arcuate and slightly widened behind, the hind margin broadly rounded. The labrum is spear-shaped with a short needle-like tip. Mandibles are stout and strongly curved at the apex. Antennae have sixteen or seventeen segments. The pronotum is reniform, about one point seven five times wider than long, with a deep hind notch and about four hairs.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Boluo, Guangdong.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 131 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 brevicurvatus
- 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
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 luofunicus 罗浮散白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-luofunicus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_reticulitermes_luofunicus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Reticulitermes luofunicus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-luofunicus/},
note = {HETEROTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Reticulitermes luofunicus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-luofunicus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -