Sinonasutitermes admirabilis 奇异华象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Hainan Province: Tongshizhen
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Sinonasutitermes admirabilis is a species of the genus Sinonasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1991; the type locality is China: Hainan Province: Tongshizhen. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Sinonasutitermes: From Latin Sinae (China) + nasutus (nasute) + termes.
Specific epithet admirabilis: Latin admirabilis (admirable)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Sinonasutitermes — 11 species
- Type species of the genus: Sinonasutitermes dimorphus
Distribution
- Distribution records: China
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
Soldiers of three forms. Large form: head brownish yellow, nasus reddish brown, antennae yellowish brown, thorax, abdomen and legs pale greyish yellow; head nearly bare, the tip of the nasus with a few short hairs. Head flattened-round, the sides strongly bulging behind the mid-point, the posterior margin flattened-round. Nasus a stout cone about three-fifths as long as the head, upturned in profile with the tip slightly higher than the top of the head, the base of the nasus deeply concave, the angle between nasus and head about 120°; mandibles with a short apical spine. Antennae 13 segments, the second the shortest, about half the third, the fourth slightly shorter than the third. The anterior raised part of the pronotum strongly sclerotised and with a median incision. Medium form: colour slightly paler, head flattened-round and wider than long, nasus shorter than the head, directed forwards in profile with the tip lower than the top of the head, the base of the nasus seemingly arched; antennae 13 segments, the fourth slightly longer than the second; incision of the anterior margin of the pronotum very shallow. Small form: head elongate-oval, longer than wide, nasus extending straight forwards with the tip slightly lower than the top of the head, the base of the nasus flat; antennae 12 segments, the third 1.5 times the second; anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum nearly straight.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are trimorphic. The large form has a flat-rounded head that bulges strongly behind the middle, a stout conical nasus about three fifths of the head length and upturned in profile, with the nasus-head angle near 120 degrees; antennae have thirteen segments, the second shortest. The medium form is paler with the nasus projecting forward below the vertex, while the small form has an oblong head, twelve antennal segments and nearly straight pronotal margins.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Jianling, Tongshi, Hainan.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 440 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.
- Three new Species of new Genus Sinonasutitermes of Subfamily Nasutitermitinae From China (Isoptera:Termitidae)
Abstract
- 中国华象白蚁属的分类(等翅目:白蚁科:象白蚁亚科)
Abstract
华象白蚁属Sinonasutitermes Li建立于1986年.李桂祥、平正明(1986)报告四种.本文现记述六新种和二新组合,将大鼻象白蚁Nasutitermes grandinasus Tsai et Chen和扁头象白蚁N. platycephalus Ping et Xu移入本属;前者原记述触角12节,现作为该种小兵,后者1988年原记述的鼻长有误.现附入重新测量的量度.列表对我国已知12种的不同兵型作出检索,供作鉴别.该属目前仅局限分布在我国东南部的
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Other species in Sinonasutitermes (10 species)
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: Sinonasutitermes admirabilis 奇异华象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-admirabilis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_sinonasutitermes_admirabilis_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Sinonasutitermes admirabilis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-admirabilis/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Sinonasutitermes admirabilis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-admirabilis/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -