Sinonasutitermes platycephalus 扁头华象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guizhou Province: Liping
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Sinonasutitermes platycephalus is a species of the genus Sinonasutitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Ping & Xu in 1988; the type locality is China: Guizhou Province: Liping. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Sinonasutitermes: From Latin Sinae (China) + nasutus (nasute) + termes.
Specific epithet platycephalus: From the descriptive term ‘plat’ (broad)
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
Large form: head brownish yellow, nasus deep brown with a reddish tinge, antennae brownish yellow, thoracic and abdominal tergites paler than the head, the anterior half of the pronotum deep brown, legs pale yellowish brown. Head nearly bare; the tip of the nasus with four long hairs and two or three rings of fine hairs, two long hairs behind the vertex, a few short hairs around the margin of the pronotum. Head circular and somewhat flattened, 1.2 times as wide as long, the sides roundly bulging, the posterior margin broadly rounded; nasus a stout cone, its base rather concave in profile, the nasus slightly upturned, the top of the head higher than the tip of the nasus; mandibles with an apical spine. Antennae 12 segments. The incisions at the centres of the anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum indistinct. Small form: head and antennae yellowish brown, nasus reddish brown, the anterior half of the pronotum brown, thoracic and abdominal tergites pale brownish yellow, pilosity as in the large form but sparser and shorter; head flattened-round, 1.2 times as wide as long, the middle of the posterior margin nearly straight; nasus a stout cone, nearly straight in profile with the tip slightly upturned, the top of the head higher than the tip of the nasus; mandibles with an apical spine; antennae 13 segments, the third and fourth rather long; pronotum saddle-shaped, the centres of the anterior and posterior margins slightly concave; tibial spurs 2:2:2, tarsi 4-segmented.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Large soldiers are brownish yellow with a dark reddish brown nasus, the almost bare head bearing four long setae at the nasus tip and two behind the vertex. The head is round but flattened, about 1.2 times wider than long; the stout conical nasus has a hollowed base and an upturned tip below the vertex. Small soldiers are paler, have thirteen antennal segments, and show faintly concave pronotal margins.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Liping, Guizhou.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 447 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 platycephalus 扁头华象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-platycephalus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_sinonasutitermes_platycephalus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Sinonasutitermes platycephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-platycephalus/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Sinonasutitermes platycephalus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-platycephalus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -