Termes marjoriae 钳白蚁
- Type locality
- Myanmar: Selen
- Distribution
- Yunnan (Jinghong500 m); Myanmar, China
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Summary
Termes marjoriae is a species of the genus Termes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Termitinae). The species was described by Snyder in 1934; the type locality is Myanmar: Selen. Distribution: Yunnan (Jinghong500 m); Myanmar, China.
Etymology
Genus name Termes: From Latin termes (woodworm, termite), the type genus.
Specific epithet marjoriae: Named after Marjorie
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Termitinae — 23 genera, 107 species
- Genus: Termes — 27 species
- Type species of the genus: Termes fatalis
Distribution
- Distribution records: Yunnan (Jinghong500 m); Myanmar, 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 like a rectangular tube, the lateral margins slightly straight, the posterior lateral angles slightly rounded, the posterior margin slightly curved backwards, the anterior end truncate. The frontal prominence very conspicuous, thick and broad at the base, pointed and rounded at the apex and directed forward and upward; in lateral view this prominence first extends forward and then turns upward. Mandibles symmetrical, slender like pincers, the anterior ends slender and flattened, hooked towards the midline; in lateral view the mandibles first extend forward and upward and then curve downwards, like a bent stick. The inner margin of each mandible bears a small tooth at one-eighth of its posterior section, the tooth apex blunt; behind the small tooth of the left mandible there is a large tooth-like process with a rounded, blunt apex. Labrum subrectangular, the two anterior lateral angles drawn out into needle-like points. Antennae 14-segmented, segments 2 and 3 equal in length, segment 4 shortest or equal in length to segment 2.
Alate
Head deep brownish yellow, the antennae, postclypeus, thorax, abdomen and wings paler than the head, the venter of the abdomen palest. The whole body densely haired, the wing surface hairless. Head broadly oval; compound eyes rather large, ocelli small and elongate-oval, very close to the compound eyes; fontanelle in the centre of the vertex, a longitudinal bar-shaped depressed spot; postclypeus very highly raised, the anterior margin straight, the posterior margin semicircular, the length about half the width. Antennae 15-segmented, segments 2 and 3 about equal in length, or segment 2 longer than segment 3, segments 2 and 4 nearly equal. Anterior lateral angles of the pronotum projecting forward, the posterior lateral angles broadly rounded, the anterior margin shallowly concave, the posterior margin concave at the centre. Forewing with the radial sector running close to the anterior margin to the wing apex, the media arising independently at the humeral suture, nearer the cubitus than the radial sector, reaching the wing apex with slight branching, the cubitus with about 12 branches; hindwing with the media arising from the base of the radial sector, the other veins as in the forewing.
Worker
Nymph
Abstract (from the source)
Soldiers of Termes marjoriae have a long, tubular head with a truncate front and a large, forward-then-upward frontal projection. The mandibles are symmetrical, slender and pincer-like, each with a small blunt tooth at about one eighth from the rear of the inner edge, and the left bears a large rounded tooth behind it. The labrum is rectangular with needle-like front corners. Alates are dark yellowish brown with a broad oval head, large eyes, a longitudinal fontanellar groove and 15 antennal segments.
Biology
Distribution and locality
Jinghong, Yunnan, altitude 500 m; also recorded abroad in Myanmar.
Taxonomic notes
Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 351 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.
- First records of the termite, Termes hispaniolae (Banks, 1918) (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae), from Bolivia and new Caribbean Basin records
Abstract
The genus Termes Linnaeus, 1758 occurs in the Neotropical, Ethiopian, and Oriental regions and is notable for the long, narrow, and nearly symmetrical mandibles of the soldier caste. I report the presence of T. hispaniolae (Banks, 1918) in Bolivia and provide many additional new geographic records throughout the Caribbean Basin. Termes hispaniolae is common in much of its range, and workers are characterized by a diagnostic enteric valve armature that is described here for the first time.
- Diet and nest material of the processional termite Hospitalitermes, and cohabitation of Termes (Isoptera, Termitidae) on Borneo Island
Abstract
- THE IDENTITIES OF TERMES AUSTRAUS WALKER AND TERMES FUMIPENNIS WALKER (ISOPTERA)
Abstract
Termes australis Walker is a senior synonym of Eutermes exitiosus Hill, the well‐known species now called Nasutitermes exitiosus (Hill); a proposal has been put to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to have Walker's name suppressed. Termes fumipennis Walker is a species not of Nasutitermes Dudley, as had been claimed, but of Coptotermes Wasmann, seemingly not Australian.
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Other species in Termes (26 species)
- Termes amaralii
- Termes atlanticus
- Termes ayri
- Termes baculi
- Termes baculiformis
- Termes bolivianus
- Termes boultoni
- Termes brevicornis
- Termes capensis
- Termes chocoensis
- Termes comis
- Termes fatalis
- Termes hispaniolae
- Termes hospes
- Termes huayangensis
- Termes incognitus
- Termes laticornis
- Termes major
- Termes medioculatus
- Termes melindae
- Termes nigritus
- Termes panamaensis
- Termes propinquus
- Termes riograndensis
- Termes rostratus
- Termes splendens
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: Termes marjoriae 钳白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/termes-marjoriae/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_termes_marjoriae_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Termes marjoriae: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/termes-marjoriae/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Termes marjoriae: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/termes-marjoriae/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -