Trinervitermes trinervius Rambur, 1842 三脉三脉白蚁

Species · * Type species

Type locality: Senegal: ?
Distribution: Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, South Africa, Gambia, Central Africa, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Uganda

List： English (genus page) · 中文 · Español

Summary

Trinervitermes trinervius is a species and the type species of the genus Trinervitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Rambur in 1842; the type locality is Senegal: ?. Distribution: Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, South Africa, Gambia, Central Africa, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Uganda. This site records 3 junior synonyms for the species.

Etymology

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

Specific epithet trinervius: Latin tri- (three) + nervus (vein), three-veined

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
Genus: Trinervitermes — 21 species

Distribution

Distribution records: Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, South Africa, Gambia, Central Africa, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, 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 holmgreni Rosen, 1912: 224-227 — type locality: Liberia: ?
Eutermes posselensis Sjöstedt, 1914: 94-95 — type locality: Central African Republic: Fort de Possel
Trinervitermes carbonarius Sjöstedt, 1926: 158-160 — type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: (Belgian Congo): Haut Uèlè: Mauda

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonyms above (Eutermes holmgreni, Eutermes posselensis, Trinervitermes carbonarius); this site treats them all under Trinervitermes trinervius.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Rambur, 1842. 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.

Loading map…

30 records · 14 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 trinervius accepted Trinervitermes trinervius (Rambur, 1842) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Trinervitermes trinervius (Rambur, 1842) accepted
WikidataQ140073707taxon item
World checklist Blattodea Species FileTrinervitermes trinervius (Rambur, 1842) 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.

Found a naming or distribution problem? Report an error →

Records follow the original literature; please attach an evidence link.

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

Abstracts come from open metadata; copyright remains with the original authors/publishers. For reference only — please check the original.

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 trinervius 三脉三脉白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/trinervitermes-trinervius/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_trinervitermes_trinervius_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Trinervitermes trinervius: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/trinervitermes-trinervius/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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