Schedorhinotermes putorius Sjöstedt, 1896 臭鼬长鼻白蚁

Species

Type locality: Cameroon: Kitta
Distribution: West Africa, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

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Summary

Schedorhinotermes putorius is a species of the genus Schedorhinotermes, in the family RHINOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Sjöstedt in 1896; the type locality is Cameroon: Kitta. Distribution: West Africa, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda. This site records 1 junior synonym for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Schedorhinotermes: From Greek schedon (near) + rhis (nose) + Latin termes.

Specific epithet putorius: Latin putorius (of a polecat, stinking)

Taxonomic position

Family: RHINOTERMITIDAE — 5 genera, 62 species
Genus: Schedorhinotermes — 35 species
Type species of the genus: Schedorhinotermes intermedius

Distribution

Distribution records: West Africa, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.

Junior synonyms

This site records 1 junior synonym for the species, listed by its original literature source:

Schedorhinotermes putorius insularis Sjöstedt, 1926: 53 — type locality: Equatorial Guinea: Bioko

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonym Schedorhinotermes putorius insularis; this site treats it under Schedorhinotermes putorius.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Sjöstedt, 1896. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

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.

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5 records · 4 grid cells · GeoJSON · Schedorhinotermes · checklist extant taxa only

Other databases

The links below are produced by matching the scientific name against public APIs, for cross-checking. The checklist data itself is unchanged.

GBIF Backbone Schedorhinotermes putorius accepted Schedorhinotermes putorius (Sjöstedt, 1896) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Schedorhinotermes putorius (Sjöstedt, 1896) accepted
WikidataQ124987089taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileSchedorhinotermes putorius (Sjöstedt, 1896) validauto-matched

✔ Consistent with the accepted names in GBIF and Catalogue of Life.

Sources：GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · Catalogue of Life (3LR, 2026-10-14 · doi:10.48580/dgzh4) · Wikidata (P225) · Blattodea Species File. Retrieved on 2026-11-13 (UTC). Matching method and decision rules are described on the data page.

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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.

[The track pheromone of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Sjöstedt)].
Jean-Pierre Larue, Michel Barbier · 1976 · PubMed
Abstract
The trail pheromone of the African Termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus has been investigated. It consists of two active components: an unsaturated fatty alcohol probably in C14 and a corresponding esterified fraction. The interconversion of the two by acetylation-saponification has been demonstrated. However, it is not yet known whether the ester occurs naturally as an acetate or not. A carbonyl derivative, biologically inactive, has also been isolated; its reduction with NaBH4 leads to an active alcohol of same Rf value as the preceding one.
Kin-biased behaviour in the termite Schedorhinotermes
Claudia Husseneder, Roland Brandl, Manfred Kaib · 1998 ·
Abstract
Nests and Queen Migration in Schedorhinotermes actuosus (Hill), Schedorhinotermes breinli (Hill) and Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
L. R. Miller · 1994 · Australian Journal of Entomology
Abstract
A queen of the termite Schedorhinotermes actuosus was collected from a nest in a log at Gunn Point, N.T. There is evidence that the queen migrated to the log from some other nest site. S. actuosus does not appear to have either of the intermediate soldier forms known to exist in some other Schedorhinotermes spp. A nest series of S. breinli from Kakadu also provided evidence of colony migration. Queens of Coptotermes acinaciformes migrate seasonally within their mounds. It is suggested that migration of queens may be common and its occurrence in some other species is briefly discussed.

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Other species in Schedorhinotermes (34 species)

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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Schedorhinotermes putorius 臭鼬长鼻白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/schedorhinotermes-putorius/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_schedorhinotermes_putorius_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Schedorhinotermes putorius: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/schedorhinotermes-putorius/},
  note         = {RHINOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

TY  - ELEC
TI  - Schedorhinotermes putorius: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)
AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
UR  - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/schedorhinotermes-putorius/
DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -