Stylotermes setosus 刚毛杆白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangxi Province:: Longsheng Xian
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Stylotermes setosus is a species of the genus Stylotermes, in the family STYLOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Li & Ping in 1978; the type locality is China: Guangxi Province:: Longsheng Xian. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Stylotermes: From Greek stylos (pillar, style) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet setosus: From set + osus
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 brownish yellow, the anterior end darker in colour, mandibles blackish brown, labrum deep yellow, the small spot where the compound eye lies pale yellow, antennae brownish yellow with segment 3 darker. Pronotum brownish yellow, mesothorax, metathorax, legs and abdomen pale yellow, sternites pale white. The dorsum of the head, thorax and abdomen, as well as the antennae and legs, bear rather stout erect setae. Head capsule rectangular, the sides slightly parallel, the posterior margin broadly rounded. Fontanelle in the centre of the frons, shaped like a small round dot, distinctly raised in lateral view. Labrum oval, the margin slightly transparent, the sides slightly parallel, the anterior end bluntly rounded and projecting forward, length and width almost equal. Mandibles stout, the apices rather pointed and slightly curved, the middle to lower part of the inner margin of each mandible with a minute tooth-like process. Antennae 13–14-segmented, segment 3 the thickest and longest, obconical, segments 2 and 4 almost equal in length. Eyes circular, situated beside the antennal bases at the front of the head, not projecting. Pronotum kidney-shaped, the anterior margin broad and deeply concave, the anterior part broader, the anterior lateral angles rounded, the lateral margins sloping backwards and contracting, the posterior margin slightly concave at the middle.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldier: head yellow brown, darker anteriorly; mandibles blackish brown; body pale yellow. Head, thorax, abdomen, antennae and legs all clothed with rather coarse erect setae, a diagnostic feature of the species. Head capsule rectangular, sides nearly parallel, posterior margin broadly rounded. Fontanelle a small dot on the frons, raised in profile. Labrum oval, its front end blunt and projecting, about as long as wide. Mandibles stout, slightly curved, each inner margin with a minute tooth. Antennae thirteen to fourteen segmented. Pronotum reniform, deeply incised in front.
Biology
Host plant: Chinese sweetgum.
Distribution and locality
Mount Tianping, Longsheng, Guangxi.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 243 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 planifrons
- Stylotermes robustus
- Stylotermes roonwali
- 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 setosus 刚毛杆白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-setosus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_stylotermes_setosus_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Stylotermes setosus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-setosus/},
note = {STYLOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Stylotermes setosus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-setosus/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -