Sinocapritermes vicinus 川华扭白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Sichuan Province: Yibin
- Distribution
- China, Sichuan, Chongqing
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Summary
Sinocapritermes vicinus is a species of the genus Sinocapritermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Mirocapritermitinae). The species was described by Xia, Gao, Pan & Tang in 1983; the type locality is China: Sichuan Province: Yibin. Distribution: China, Sichuan, Chongqing.
Etymology
Genus name Sinocapritermes: From Latin Sinae (China) + caper (goat) + termes.
Specific epithet vicinus: Latin vicinus (neighbouring)
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, Sichuan, Chongqing
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 brownish, postclypeus and antennae slightly paler, pale yellowish brown; pronotum yellowish brown, wings greyish brown. Head broadly oval. Compound eyes circular, distinctly projecting; ocelli elliptical, the ocellus–compound eye distance greater than the width of the ocellus itself. Postclypeus slightly raised, about one-third as long as wide. Fontanelle elongate-oval, medium-sized, situated at the centre of the shallow concavity of the vertex between the two compound eyes. Antennae 15 segments, the third the shortest and smallest, the fourth and fifth roughly equal. Pronotum kidney-shaped, the anterior margin straight, the anterior part slightly raised, the central incisions of the anterior and posterior margins indistinct. Forewing scale larger than the hindwing scale; the media of the forewing arising independently at the humeral suture, nearer the radial sector, the whole vein rather close to the cubitus, giving off one to three branches to the wing apex from about half the wing length or from the apical third; the cubitus with about 7–10 branches.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Alates are brown-headed, with a yellowish brown pronotum and greyish brown wings. The head is broadly oval; the compound eyes are round and strongly bulging, the ocelli elliptical and separated from the eyes by more than an ocellar width, and the fontanelle is a medium-sized longitudinal oval seated in the shallow hollow between the eyes. The postclypeus is weakly arched, and the antennae have 15 segments with the third the shortest. The pronotum is kidney-shaped with a straight front margin, and the forewing scale exceeds the hind one.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Yibin, Sichuan, and Chongqing.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 368 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 sinensis
- Sinocapritermes sinicus
- Sinocapritermes songtaoensis
- Sinocapritermes tianmuensis
- 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 vicinus 川华扭白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-vicinus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_sinocapritermes_vicinus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Sinocapritermes vicinus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-vicinus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Sinocapritermes vicinus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinocapritermes-vicinus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -