Thoracotermes brevinotus Silvestri, 1914 短背胸白蚁

Species

Type locality: Guinea: Mamou
Distribution: West Africa, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire

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Summary

Thoracotermes brevinotus is a species of the genus Thoracotermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Cubitermitinae). The species was described by Silvestri in 1914; the type locality is Guinea: Mamou. Distribution: West Africa, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire.

Etymology

Genus name Thoracotermes: From Greek thōrax (thorax) + Latin termes.

Specific epithet brevinotus: From brevi + notus

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Cubitermitinae — 28 genera, 149 species
Genus: Thoracotermes — 4 species
Type species of the genus: Thoracotermes macrothorax

Distribution

Distribution records: West Africa, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire

The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Silvestri, 1914. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

Distribution map

Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.

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1 records · 1 grid cells · GeoJSON · Thoracotermes · checklist extant taxa only

Other databases

The links below are produced by matching the scientific name against public APIs, for cross-checking. The checklist data itself is unchanged.

GBIF Backbone Thoracotermes brevinotus accepted Thoracotermes brevinotus Silvestri, 1914 · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Thoracotermes brevinotus Silvestri, 1914 accepted
WikidataQ140073733taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileThoracotermes brevinotus Silvestri, 1914 validauto-matched

✔ Consistent with the accepted names in GBIF and Catalogue of Life.

Sources：GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · Catalogue of Life (3LR, 2026-10-14 · doi:10.48580/dgzh4) · Wikidata (P225) · Blattodea Species File. Retrieved on 2026-11-13 (UTC). Matching method and decision rules are described on the data page.

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Other species in Thoracotermes (3 species)

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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: Thoracotermes brevinotus 短背胸白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/thoracotermes-brevinotus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_thoracotermes_brevinotus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Thoracotermes brevinotus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/thoracotermes-brevinotus/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

TY  - ELEC
TI  - Thoracotermes brevinotus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)
AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
UR  - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/thoracotermes-brevinotus/
DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -