Reticulitermes yingdeensis 英德散白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangdong Province: Yingde
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Reticulitermes yingdeensis is a species of the genus Reticulitermes, in the family HETEROTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Tsai & Li in 1977; the type locality is China: Guangdong Province: Yingde. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Reticulitermes: From Latin reticulum (little net) + termes.
Specific epithet yingdeensis: Named after the locality Yingde
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 of the soldier orange-yellow, the frons darker and the posterior half paler, the antennal ridges yellowish brown, a large dark brown spot on each side of the clypeus; mandibles brownish, their bases yellowish brown; labrum, antennae and pronotum pale yellow; abdomen and legs paler. Pilosity of the head extremely sparse; the labral apex bears one pair each of apical and lateral apical setae. Head broad, lateral margins parallel, widest at about the posterior third, contracting evenly and roundly posteriorly; frontal peaks slightly raised, not higher than the dorsal surface of the occiput, slightly concave behind the peaks towards the fontanelle, the fontanelle small and circular. Labrum ligulate, widest at the base, the transparent part of the labral tip bluntly rounded. Mandibles sabre-shaped, the apex slightly incurved, the inner margin toothless; the base of the left mandible with three saw-like structures, the third the largest, with another large tooth-like swelling at the base. Postmentum narrow and long, broad anteriorly, narrowest in the middle, the widest part more than twice the narrowest. Antennae 16–17 segments, the first segment stout and long, the third or fourth the shortest and smallest. Anterior margin of the pronotum with a broad and deep central concavity, the anterior lateral corners rounded and projecting outwards, posterior margin only slightly concave in the middle.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are orange yellow, darker on the forehead, with brownish yellow mandibles and a pair of large dark spots beside the clypeus. The head is broad with parallel sides, widest near the posterior third and evenly rounded back. Frontal peaks are slightly raised with the fontanelle as a small distinct dot behind them. The labrum is ligulate, longer than wide. Mandibles are sabre shaped, the left one with three basal serrations, a large basal tooth and a deep notch before it.
Biology
Specimens collected from Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana).
Distribution and locality
Mount Huashui, Yingde, Guangdong, and Hunan.
Taxonomic notes
The species was placed in Tsaitermes in the original work; it is here placed in Reticulitermes.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 217 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 yingdeensis 英德散白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-yingdeensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_reticulitermes_yingdeensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Reticulitermes yingdeensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-yingdeensis/},
note = {HETEROTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Reticulitermes yingdeensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/reticulitermes-yingdeensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -