Reticulitermes parvus 小散白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Zhejiang Province: Longquan County: Ruixiang Commune
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Reticulitermes parvus is a species of the genus Reticulitermes, in the family HETEROTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Li in 1979; the type locality is China: Zhejiang Province: Longquan County: Ruixiang Commune. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Reticulitermes: From Latin reticulum (little net) + termes.
Specific epithet parvus: Latin parvus (small)
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 capsule rectangular, head-width index 0.60, lateral margins nearly parallel and slightly widening posteriorly, posterior margin broadly rounded. Frontal peaks slightly raised, slightly concave between them. Labrum ligulate, apex narrow and rounded, apical setae present, subapical setae minute. Mandibles slender, apex slightly curved; mandible length 0.60 times head capsule length and 1.02 times head width. Antennae 14–15 segments. Broad region of the postmentum before the anterior quarter, waist constriction index 0.34. Pronotum 1.44 times as wide as long, the incisions at the middle of the anterior and posterior margins both rather distinct, lateral margins gently sloping posteriorly; about 20 setae in the middle region.
Alate
Head capsule dark brown with a reddish tinge, postmentum concolorous with the head capsule; antennae, labrum and postclypeus brown; compound eyes greyish black, eye ring and ocelli pale brownish yellow; pronotum dark brown; wings pale yellowish brown; femora brown, tibiae and tarsi pale yellowish brown. Head capsule elongate-oval, fontanelle dot-like, 0.39–0.41 mm from the frontal margin; in profile the vertex arched, the postclypeus slightly projecting and lower than the vertex. Compound eyes rounded-triangular, larger than the distance from the compound eye to the lower margin of the head, protrusion 7–8%. Short diameter of the ocellus more than twice the ocellus–compound eye distance. Postclypeus about 5 times as wide as long, the median suture visible. Pronotum 1.36–1.40 times as wide as long, anterior margin broadly incised, lateral margins gently sloping posteriorly, posterior margin shallowly notched in the middle.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers have a rectangular head, about zero point six as wide as long, slightly widened behind. The labrum is ligulate with a narrow rounded tip and small subapical bristles, and mandibles are slender with curved apices. Alates are dark reddish brown with greyish black eyes protruding by seven to eight per cent. The postclypeus is about five times wider than long, and the pronotum is broadly emarginate in front with about twenty hairs in soldiers.
Biology
Specimens collected from the roots of Pinus massoniana.
Distribution and locality
Longquan, Zhejiang (altitude 1050 m); also recorded elsewhere in the province.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 138 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 parvus 小散白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-parvus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_reticulitermes_parvus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Reticulitermes parvus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-parvus/},
note = {HETEROTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Reticulitermes parvus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-parvus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -