Rugitermes occidentalis 西部皱白蚁
- Type locality
- Argentina: Tucumán: Santa Ana [ 27.4667S 65.6833W ]
- Distribution
- Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
List： English (genus page) · 中文 · Español
Summary
Rugitermes occidentalis is a species of the genus Rugitermes, in the family KALOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Silvestri in 1901; the type locality is Argentina: Tucumán: Santa Ana [ 27.4667S 65.6833W ]. Distribution: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay.
Etymology
Genus name Rugitermes: From Latin ruga (wrinkle) + termes.
Specific epithet occidentalis: Latin occidentalis (western)
Taxonomic position
- Family: KALOTERMITIDAE — 23 genera, 480 species
- Genus: Rugitermes — 18 species
- Type species of the genus: Rugitermes nodulosus
Distribution
- Distribution records: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Morphology
A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Silvestri, 1901. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
Photos 1 photo
Freely licensed photos, click to enlarge. Hotlinked from iNaturalist / Wikimedia Commons; the rights stay with the photographers — author, licence and source page are shown under each photo.
Distribution map
Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.
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.
- Bionomics of a species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) for Uruguay.
Abstract
- Morphology of the gizzard in rugitermes niger kalotermitidae and armitermes euamignathus termitidae
Abstract
- Histology of the digestive tract of Rugitermes niger Oliveira, 1979, (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae).
Abstract
Papers on this species, synonyms included → OpenAlex Google Scholar CNKI
Abstracts come from open metadata; copyright remains with the original authors/publishers. For reference only — please check the original.
Other species in Rugitermes (17 species)
- Rugitermes aridus
- Rugitermes athertoni
- Rugitermes bicolor
- Rugitermes costaricensis
- Rugitermes flavicinctus
- Rugitermes kirbyi
- Rugitermes laticollis
- Rugitermes magninotus
- Rugitermes niger
- Rugitermes nodulosus
- Rugitermes panamae
- Rugitermes rufus
- Rugitermes rugosus
- Rugitermes tinto
- Rugitermes unicolor
- Rugitermes ursulae
- Rugitermes volcanensis
Cite this species
Citation strings are generated from the fields of this page; please keep the DOI and the version number when citing.
GB/T 7714
班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Rugitermes occidentalis 西部皱白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/rugitermes-occidentalis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_rugitermes_occidentalis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Rugitermes occidentalis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/rugitermes-occidentalis/},
note = {KALOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Rugitermes occidentalis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/rugitermes-occidentalis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -