Stylotermes planifrons 平额杆白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Sichuan Province: Chongquing
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Stylotermes planifrons is a species of the genus Stylotermes, in the family STYLOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Chen in 1984; the type locality is China: Sichuan Province: Chongquing. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Stylotermes: From Greek stylos (pillar, style) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet planifrons: Latin planus (flat) + frons (front), flat-fronted
Taxonomic position
- Family: STYLOTERMITIDAE — 1 genus, 45 species
- Genus: Stylotermes — 45 species
- Type species of the genus: Stylotermes fletcheri
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 reddish yellowish brown, labrum yellowish brown, mandibles blackish brown; the flanges over the antennal sockets and antennal segments 1 to 3 reddish brown, becoming paler segment by segment towards the apex; pronotum yellowish brown, abdomen pale yellow. Head capsule sparsely haired, the setae of the median area of the pronotum about 10. Head capsule somewhat rectangular, the sides slightly contracted at the middle and slightly widened again behind, the posterior lateral angles broad and rounded. Fontanelle flat, almost not raised. Labrum semicircular. Mandibles sabre-shaped, the apices curved inwards, the outer margin a broad arc. Left mandible about 0.65 times the length of the head capsule and about 1.10 times the greatest width of the head. Lacinia of the maxilla with about 8 marginal bristles. Antennae 12-segmented, segments 1 and 3 almost equal in length, segment 3 about 2.5 times segment 2. Anterior margin of the pronotum with a broad U-shaped median concavity, the posterior margin almost straight at the centre, the median longitudinal line faintly discernible.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers are yellowish brown tinged with red, with a yellowish brown labrum, blackish brown mandibles, and brownish red socket flaps and first three antennal segments that fade toward the tip. The capsule looks rectangular, slightly constricted at midlength and a little widened behind, with broad rounded hind corners. The fontanelle is flat, the labrum semicircular, and the sabre-like mandibles curve inward. The left mandible is about 0.65 of the head length and 1.10 of the greatest head width; antennae have 12 segments.
Biology
Host plant: Litsea.
Distribution and locality
Mount Jinyun, Chongqing (altitude 750 m).
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 241 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.
- A new species of the genus Stylotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Abstract
- 9 new species of the genus stylotermes from china isoptera
Abstract
- The trail-following communication in Stylotermes spp. (Blattodea, Isoptera, Stylotermitidae)
Abstract
Stylotermitidae appear peculiar among all termites, feeding in trunks of living trees in South Asia only. The difficulty to collect them limits our ability to study them, and they thus still belong to critically unknown groups in respect to their biology. We used a combined approach of microscopic observations, chemical analysis and behavioural tests, to understand the source and chemical nature of the trail-following pheromone of Stylotermes faveolus from India and S. halumicus from Taiwan. The sternal gland is the exclusive source of the trail-following pheromone in both Stylotermes species. It is located at the 5th abdominal sternite in workers, made of class I, II and III secretory cells. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry showed a minor peak corresponding to (Z)-dodec-3-en-1-ol (DOE). This compound elicits strong behavioural responses in workers, with a trail-following activity threshold around 10− 4 ng/cm in both species. Based on both chemical analysis and behavioural experiments, we estimated the amount of DOE around 0.1 ng/gland in S. faveolus and we conclude that DOE is the only active component of the trail-following pheromone of both Stylotermes species, like in all Kalotermitidae studied so far. Our results confirm the switch from complex aldehyde trail-following pheromones occurring in the basal groups to simpler linear alcohols in the ancestor of Kalotermitidae and Neoisoptera.
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Other species in Stylotermes (44 species)
- Stylotermes acrofrons
- Stylotermes ahmadi
- Stylotermes alpinus
- Stylotermes angustignathus
- Stylotermes beesoni
- Stylotermes bengalensis
- Stylotermes chakratensis
- Stylotermes changtingensis
- Stylotermes chengduensis
- Stylotermes chongqingensis
- Stylotermes choui
- Stylotermes crinis
- Stylotermes curvatus
- Stylotermes dunensis
- Stylotermes faveolus
- Stylotermes fletcheri
- Stylotermes fontanellus
- Stylotermes guiyangensis
- Stylotermes halumicus
- Stylotermes hanyuanicus
- Stylotermes inclinatus
- Stylotermes jinyunicus
- Stylotermes labralis
- Stylotermes laticrus
- Stylotermes latilabrum
- Stylotermes latipedunculus
- Stylotermes lianpingensis
- Stylotermes longignathus
- Stylotermes mecocephalus
- Stylotermes minutus
- Stylotermes mirabilis
- Stylotermes orthognathus
- Stylotermes parabengalensis
- Stylotermes robustus
- Stylotermes roonwali
- Stylotermes setosus
- Stylotermes sinensis
- Stylotermes sui
- Stylotermes triplanus
- Stylotermes tsaii
44 species in this genus. See all species on the genus page →
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: Stylotermes planifrons 平额杆白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-planifrons/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_stylotermes_planifrons_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Stylotermes planifrons: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-planifrons/},
note = {STYLOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Stylotermes planifrons: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-planifrons/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -