Reticulitermes trichocephalus 毛头散白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangdong Province: Dinghu Mountain: Zhaoqing City
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Reticulitermes trichocephalus is a species of the genus Reticulitermes, in the family HETEROTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Ping in 1985; the type locality is China: Guangdong Province: Dinghu Mountain: Zhaoqing City. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Reticulitermes: From Latin reticulum (little net) + termes.
Specific epithet trichocephalus: Greek thrix (hair) + kephalē (head), hairy-headed
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, thorax and abdomen pale yellow, setae on the head capsule rather abundant. Head capsule rectangular, head-width index 0.64–0.68, lateral margins nearly parallel, posterior margin broadly rounded. Frontal peaks distinctly raised. Labrum lanceolate, about 1.2 times as long as wide, bearing apical and subapical setae. Mandibles slender and short, apex rather straight, the mandibular basal ridge on the outer margin indistinct; length 0.6–0.63 times head capsule length and 0.91–0.97 times head width. Antennae 14 segments. Waist constriction index of the postmentum 0.37–0.39; head width about 6 times the waist constriction, postmentum about 6–7 times the waist constriction. Pronotum about 1.4–1.6 times as wide as long, anterior margin formed by two intersecting arcs, posterior margin nearly straight, lateral margins steeply sloping posteriorly; about 30 setae in the middle region.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has a yellow head with fairly dense pubescence, a rectangular capsule 0.64 to 0.68 as wide as long, nearly parallel sides and a broadly rounded hind margin, with distinctly raised frontal peaks. The labrum is lanceolate, about 1.2 times as long as wide, bearing apical and subapical setae. Mandibles are slender, short and rather straight, 0.60 to 0.63 times the head length, and antennae have 14 segments. The postmentum is six to seven times as long as its waist.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Mount Dinghu, Zhaoqing, Guangdong.
Taxonomic notes
The genus name is printed as Reticuliter mes in the original work, a misspelling of Reticulitermes; the species is here placed in Reticulitermes.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 190 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 trichocephalus 毛头散白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-trichocephalus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_reticulitermes_trichocephalus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Reticulitermes trichocephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-trichocephalus/},
note = {HETEROTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Reticulitermes trichocephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-trichocephalus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -