Sinonasutitermes xiai 夏氏华象白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Jiangxi Province: Wuyuan County
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Sinonasutitermes xiai 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: Jiangxi Province: Wuyuan County. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Sinonasutitermes: From Latin Sinae (China) + nasutus (nasute) + termes.
Specific epithet xiai: Named after the Chinese termite taxonomist Kailing Xia.
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
Head and antennae brownish yellow, nasus with a reddish tinge, thorax, abdomen and legs pale greyish yellow; head nearly bare, the tip of the nasus with a few hairs. Large form: head flattened-round, wider than long, the sides roundly projecting; nasus a stout cone, shorter than the head, directed straight forwards in profile with the tip lower than the top of the head, the base of the nasus flat, the angle between nasus and head about 105°; apical spine of the mandibles short and small. Antennae 13 segments, the second the shortest, the third about twice the second, the fourth slightly longer than the second. The anterior part of the pronotum strongly sclerotised, the anterior and posterior margins nearly straight. Small form: colour and pilosity close to the large form, head nearly circular and wider than long, nasus conical, slightly upturned in profile with the tip slightly lower than the top of the head, the base shallowly concave and rising gently towards the top of the head, mandibles with a short apical spine; antennae 12 segments, the second the shortest, the third about 1.5 times the second, the fourth stouter and shorter than the third.
Alate
Head dark reddish brown, labrum, postclypeus and antennae yellowish brown, postmentum brown, pronotum deep yellow, wings deep yellow with a brownish tinge. Pilosity of the pronotum very dense. Head nearly circular, compound eyes elongate-oval and projecting outwards, ocelli flattened-round, the distance to the compound eye less than one-third of their short diameter; postclypeus more than four times as wide as long, with a median suture; fontanelle elongate-oval, divided into two forks at the anterolateral sides. Antennae 15 segments, the second the shortest. Anterior margin of the pronotum rather straight, raised in the middle, the anterior lateral corners drooping downwards, the middle of the posterior margin concave.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are brownish yellow with a reddish tinge on the nasus. The large form has a flat-rounded head, a stout conical nasus shorter than the head and projecting straight forward below the vertex, and thirteen antennal segments. The small form is rounder-headed with twelve antennal segments. Alates are dark reddish brown, the pronotum densely hairy, with a long oval fontanelle forked in front and fifteen antennal segments.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 449 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 xiai 夏氏华象白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-xiai/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_sinonasutitermes_xiai_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Sinonasutitermes xiai: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-xiai/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Sinonasutitermes xiai: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/sinonasutitermes-xiai/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -