Trinervitermes oeconomus Trägårdh, 1904 根三脉白蚁

Species

Type locality: Sudan: Kaka
Distribution: Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Central Africa, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda

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Summary

Trinervitermes oeconomus is a species of the genus Trinervitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Trägårdh in 1904; the type locality is Sudan: Kaka. Distribution: Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Central Africa, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda. This site records 3 junior synonyms for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Trinervitermes: From Latin tri- (three) + nervus (vein) + termes.

Specific epithet oeconomus: Greek oikonomos (economical)

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
Genus: Trinervitermes — 21 species
Type species of the genus: Trinervitermes trinervius

Distribution

Distribution records: Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Central Africa, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda

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

Junior synonyms

This site records 3 junior synonyms for the species, listed by their original literature source:

Eutermes mobilis Sjöstedt, 1904: 91 — type locality: Mali: Alahina
Eutermes tchadensis Sjöstedt, 1911: 14-15 — type locality: Chad: Chari-Chad
Eutermes schubotzianus Sjöstedt, 1914: 93-94 — type locality: Central African Republic: Fort Crampel

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonyms above (Eutermes mobilis, Eutermes tchadensis, Eutermes schubotzianus); this site treats them all under Trinervitermes oeconomus.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Trägårdh, 1904. 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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69 records · 9 grid cells · GeoJSON · Trinervitermes · 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 Trinervitermes oeconomus accepted Trinervitermes oeconomus (Trägårdh, 1904) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Trinervitermes oeconomus (Trägårdh, 1904) accepted
WikidataQ140073715taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileTrinervitermes oeconomus (Trägårdh, 1904) 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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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.

Diterpene composition of defense secretion of four West African Trinervitermes soldiers [Trinervitermes geminatus, Trinervitermes togoensis, Trinervitermes trinervius, Trinervitermes oeconomus, chemical structures; Ivory Coast]
J. C. Braekman, Désiré Daloze, A. Dupont, Jacques M. Pasteéls, Guy Josens · 1984 ·
Abstract
The trail pheromone of the termite, Trinervitermes trinervoides
Wälter R. Tschinkel, Peter G. Close · 1973 · Journal of Insect Physiology
Abstract
Trinervitermes Species-the Snouted Harvester Termites.
W. G. H. Coaton · 1948 ·
Abstract

Papers on this species, synonyms included → OpenAlex Google Scholar CNKI

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Literature notes

Edited notes based on the original literature, not transcriptions. The source markers in each paragraph point to archived records in .sources; full citations are listed below.

Research notes

According to the abstract, when Sands (1961) compared five West African species of Trinervitermes for foraging and diet, he grouped Trinervitermes oeconomus with one other species of the genus as species that do not store grass fragments in the nest, whereas the other three species do.

References

William A. Sands 1961 FORAGING BEHAVIOUR AND FEEDING HABITS IN FIVE SPECIES OF TRINERVITERMES IN WEST AFRICA. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.

Literature notes updated: 2026-11-13.

Cite this species

Citation strings are generated from the fields of this page; please keep the DOI and the version number when citing.

GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Trinervitermes oeconomus 根三脉白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/trinervitermes-oeconomus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_trinervitermes_oeconomus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Trinervitermes oeconomus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/trinervitermes-oeconomus/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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