Sinocapritermes parvulus 小华扭白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Hainan Island: Ya-hsien
- Distribution
- China, Hainan
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Summary
Sinocapritermes parvulus is a species of the genus Sinocapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Yu & Ping in 1966; the type locality is China: Hainan Island: Ya-hsien. Distribution: China, Hainan.
Etymology
Genus name Sinocapritermes: From Latin Sinae (China) + caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet parvulus: Latin parvulus (very small, diminutive)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Mirocapritermitinae — 14 genera, 135 species
- Genus: Sinocapritermes — 16 species
- Type species of the genus: Sinocapritermes sinensis
Distribution
- Distribution records: China, Hainan
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
Sclerotisation of the whole body very weak. Head pale yellow, the two condylar spots nearly blackish brown, the frontal gland area dirty white and spread out like a folding fan; thorax and abdomen almost semi-transparent, the coiled gut visible through the cuticle. Body surface covered with hairs throughout, those on the postclypeus and pronotum stouter, those on the vertex, antennae and legs denser. Head nearly circular; in profile both the postclypeus and the anteclypeus are raised, with a clear concave margin between them. Antennae 14 segments. On the left mandible the angle between the posterior margin of the apical tooth and the anterior cutting edge of marginal tooth 1 is less than a right angle, marginal tooth 2 minute; on the right mandible the corresponding structures meet at an acute angle, the anterior cutting edge of marginal tooth 1 inclined inwards with the tooth point directed upwards. Left mandible changing from flattened to round, becoming flattened and slightly widened again in the anterior middle section, the end concave and forming a small inward hook; right mandible slightly shorter, the body gradually rounded towards the apex, the tip curved downwards and pointed. Postmentum rather long, the hammer-shaped part large, its widest part about twice the narrowest. Pronotum typically saddle-shaped, the middle of the anterior margin slightly concave, the posterior margin nearly straight. Abdomen slender and long, its widest part wider than the thorax and narrower than the head.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are weakly sclerotized, largely translucent, the head pale yellow with darker mandibles and almost black condylar spots, while the frontal gland area is dirty white and fans open like a folded fan. The head is rounded, the postclypeus and anteclypeus both raised and separated by a groove, the antennae 14-segmented. The left mandible twists into a small inward hook, the right is shorter and curved downward, and the two cross each other. The postmentum is long, and the pronotum is saddle-shaped with a shallow median notch in front.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Yaxian and Tongshi, Mount Jianfeng, and Mount Mihou in Dongfang, Hainan.
Taxonomic notes
The scientific name is set as Sinocapritermesparvulus in the original work, an artefact of line-breaking; it refers to the same species as the name used on this site, and the genus name is unchanged.
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 362 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.
- Notes on the genus Sinocapritermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) from China, with description of a new species
Abstract
The genus Sinocapritermes is briefly reviewed, and a new species described. A key is also provided to the twelve species of Sinocapritermes recorded from China to date.
- Structure and function of subterranean gallery systems of soil-feeding termites Pericapritermes nitobei and Sinocapritermes mushae
Abstract
- 华扭螱属(Sinocapritermes)一新种(等翅目:螱科)
Abstract
1986年4月,作者在浙江省天目山自然保护区采集的一种扭(尉虫)族(Capritermitini)标本,原拟归入基扭(尉虫)属CoxocapritermesAkhtar,现见平正明和徐月莉(1986)发表的华扭(尉虫)属新属(Sinocapritermes),其属征如下所示: 1.兵(尉虫),头亮被毛适度至较密。头长
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Other species in Sinocapritermes (15 species)
- Sinocapritermes albipennis
- Sinocapritermes fujianensis
- Sinocapritermes guangxiensis
- Sinocapritermes magnus
- Sinocapritermes mushae
- Sinocapritermes planifrons
- Sinocapritermes pratensis
- Sinocapritermes sinensis
- Sinocapritermes sinicus
- Sinocapritermes songtaoensis
- Sinocapritermes tianmuensis
- Sinocapritermes vicinus
- Sinocapritermes xiai
- Sinocapritermes xiushanensis
- Sinocapritermes yunnanensis
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: Sinocapritermes parvulus 小华扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-parvulus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_sinocapritermes_parvulus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Sinocapritermes parvulus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-parvulus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Sinocapritermes parvulus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-parvulus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -