Schedorhinotermes pyricephalus 梨头长鼻白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Mengla
- Distribution
- China (Yunnan)
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Summary
Schedorhinotermes pyricephalus is a species of the genus Schedorhinotermes, in the family RHINOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Xia & He in 1980; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Mengla. Distribution: China (Yunnan).
Etymology
Genus name Schedorhinotermes: From Greek schedon (near) + rhis (nose) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet pyricephalus: From the descriptive term ‘pyr’ (fire)
Taxonomic position
- Family: RHINOTERMITIDAE — 5 genera, 62 species
- Genus: Schedorhinotermes — 35 species
- Type species of the genus: Schedorhinotermes intermedius
Distribution
- Distribution records: China (Yunnan)
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 oval, distinctly narrowed anteriorly, the fontanelle a large aperture situated at the front of the head and extended forwards on a short tube. Mandibles slender and curved, the inner margin smooth and toothless apart from the saw-like incision at the base. Antennae 13–17 segments; labrum a pointed tongue. Pronotum flat, narrower than the head. Surface of the postmentum spherically swollen, the narrowest part near the posterior end. With 17 antennal segments the second and fourth are subequal and both shorter than the third. Pronotum rather broad, wider than the mesonotum; the middle of the anterior margin slightly projecting forwards with a small shallow depression at the centre, the middle of the posterior margin likewise concave, the notch both shallow and broad. Legs rather slender and long, tibial spur formula 3:2:2, tarsi 4-segmented.
Alate
Head of the alate broadly oval, the postclypeus very short and flat, antennae 18–25 segments. Pronotum flattened, narrower than the head. Forewing scale larger than the hindwing scale and covering its posterior margin; the wing veins with a very faint reticulate pattern, the wing surface hairy; the media of the forewing arising independently at the humeral suture, that of the hindwing arising from the base of the radial sector, the media very close to the cubitus. Fontanelle situated at the middle of the head.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
The soldier has an oval head narrowed anteriorly, the large fontanelle opening at the front of the head on a short tube directed forwards. The mandibles are slender and curved, smooth along the inner edge except for a basal serration, and the antennae have thirteen to seventeen segments. The labrum is pointed and the pronotum is flat and narrower than the head. The alate has a broad-oval head, eighteen to twenty-five antennal segments, and a forewing media arising independently at the shoulder suture, close to the cubitus.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Yunnan (Mengla).
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 76 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.
- [The track pheromone of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Sjöstedt)].
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
Abstract
- Nests and Queen Migration in Schedorhinotermes actuosus (Hill), Schedorhinotermes breinli (Hill) and Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
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)
- Schedorhinotermes actuosus
- Schedorhinotermes bidentatus
- Schedorhinotermes brachyceps
- Schedorhinotermes breinli
- Schedorhinotermes brevialatus
- Schedorhinotermes butteli
- Schedorhinotermes derosus
- Schedorhinotermes eleanorae
- Schedorhinotermes fortignathus
- Schedorhinotermes ganlanbaensis
- Schedorhinotermes holmgreni
- Schedorhinotermes insolitus
- Schedorhinotermes intermedius
- Schedorhinotermes lamanianus
- Schedorhinotermes leopoldi
- Schedorhinotermes longirostris
- Schedorhinotermes magnus
- Schedorhinotermes makassarensis
- Schedorhinotermes makilingensis
- Schedorhinotermes malaccensis
- Schedorhinotermes maximus
- Schedorhinotermes medioobscurus
- Schedorhinotermes nancowriensis
- Schedorhinotermes putorius
- Schedorhinotermes rectangularis
- Schedorhinotermes reticulatus
- Schedorhinotermes robustior
- Schedorhinotermes sanctaecrucis
- Schedorhinotermes seclusus
- Schedorhinotermes solomonensis
- Schedorhinotermes tenuis
- Schedorhinotermes tiwarii
- Schedorhinotermes translucens
- Schedorhinotermes umbraticus
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: Schedorhinotermes pyricephalus 梨头长鼻白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/schedorhinotermes-pyricephalus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_schedorhinotermes_pyricephalus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Schedorhinotermes pyricephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/schedorhinotermes-pyricephalus/},
note = {RHINOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Schedorhinotermes pyricephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/schedorhinotermes-pyricephalus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -