Stylotermes valvules 短盖杆白蚁
- Type locality
- China: Guangxi Province:: Jinxiu Yaozu Zizhixian
- Distribution
- China
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Summary
Stylotermes valvules is a species of the genus Stylotermes, in the family STYLOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Tsai & Ping in 1978; the type locality is China: Guangxi Province:: Jinxiu Yaozu Zizhixian. Distribution: China.
Etymology
Genus name Stylotermes: From Greek stylos (pillar, style) + Latin termes.
Specific epithet valvules: Latin valvula (small valve)
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
Fontanelle pore about 0.06 mm in diameter, like a small hill in lateral view, rising above the surface of the vertex. Labrum semicircular, wider than long, the labral margin semi-transparent and bearing more than 10 long setae. Both mandibles sabre-shaped, rather stout, the apices slightly curved. The middle to lower part of the inner margin of the left mandible bears a small triangular tooth, and at the corresponding position on the right mandible, slightly nearer the base, there is a similar small tooth. Antennae 12–14-segmented, segment 3 rather long and obconical; the flange over the antennal socket rather short, unable to cover the lateral margins of the head. Compound eyes vestigial, faintly discernible behind the antennal socket. Postmentum club-shaped, broad anteriorly and narrow posteriorly, the anterior margin slightly convex, its middle section concealed in lateral view within the outwardly bowed lower margin of the head. Pronotum rather kidney-shaped, the anterior margin slightly upturned, the angle of the median concavity about 150 degrees, the posterior margin rather shallowly concave, the lateral margins strongly contracted backwards. Femora stout and inflated, tibiae slender.
Alate
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldier: fontanelle about 0.06 mm across, mound-like and projecting above the frontal surface. Labrum semicircular, wider than long, translucent at the margin and bearing long setae. Mandibles stout, sabre-shaped, only slightly curved; the left inner margin carries a triangular tooth at mid-length and the right a corresponding tooth nearer the base. Antennae twelve to fourteen segmented, the third segment elongate. Eyes degenerate, faintly visible behind the antennal sockets. Postmentum club-shaped. Pronotum reniform, its anterior margin raised, the posterior margin shallowly concave.
Biology
Host plant: Chinese sweetgum.
Distribution and locality
Jinxiu, Guangxi (altitude 800 m); Guangdong; Fujian; Jiangxi.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 249 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 setosus
- Stylotermes sinensis
- Stylotermes sui
- Stylotermes triplanus
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 valvules 短盖杆白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-valvules/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_stylotermes_valvules_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Stylotermes valvules: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-valvules/},
note = {STYLOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Stylotermes valvules: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/stylotermes-valvules/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -