Sinocapritermes sinensis 中华华扭白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Yunnan Province: Tengchong, Xian
- Distribution
- China, Yunnan
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Summary
Sinocapritermes sinensis is a species and the type species of the genus Sinocapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1986; the type locality is China: Yunnan Province: Tengchong, Xian. Distribution: China, Yunnan.
Etymology
Genus name Sinocapritermes: From Latin Sinae (China) + caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet sinensis: Latin Sinensis (of China)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Mirocapritermitinae — 14 genera, 135 species
- Genus: Sinocapritermes — 16 species
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
Alate
Head capsule dark brown, labrum brown, antennae brown with the articulations slightly paler, frontal gland aperture pale yellowish brown; pronotum dark brown, abdominal tergites and legs pale brown, head capsule and pronotum densely covered with short hairs. Head capsule oval, the frontal gland aperture narrow and small, elliptical. Compound eyes circular, protrusion about 16%; ocelli oval, the ocellus–compound eye distance slightly greater than the short diameter of the ocellus and smaller than its long diameter. Postclypeus slightly raised, the median suture distinct, less than half as long as wide. Antennae 13 segments, broken; the second to fourth subequal and all rather short, the segments from the fifth onwards progressively longer. Pronotum flat, the anterior margin slightly raised from a shallow arcuate depression, neither the anterior nor the posterior margin with a central incision. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi 4-segmented.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Alates have a dark brown head capsule, brown labrum and antennae, and a dark brown pronotum, with the head and pronotum densely clothed in short hairs. The head capsule is oval, the fontanelle a narrow ellipse, the compound eyes round and protruding by about one sixth of their diameter, and the ocelli oval, the eye-ocellus distance exceeding the short diameter of an ocellus but falling short of its long diameter. The postclypeus is weakly arched with a distinct median suture, the antennae are 13-segmented, and the flattened pronotum lacks median incisions.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Tengchong, Yunnan.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 364 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 parvulus
- Sinocapritermes planifrons
- Sinocapritermes pratensis
- Sinocapritermes sinicus
- Sinocapritermes songtaoensis
- Sinocapritermes tianmuensis
- Sinocapritermes vicinus
- Sinocapritermes xiai
- Sinocapritermes xiushanensis
- Sinocapritermes yunnanensis
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: Sinocapritermes sinensis 中华华扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-sinensis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_sinocapritermes_sinensis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Sinocapritermes sinensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-sinensis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Sinocapritermes sinensis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-sinensis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -