Vaninitermes brevinasus Emerson & Banks, 1957 短鼻瓦宁白蚁

Species

Type locality: Guyana: East Berbice-Corentyne: Acarai Mountains, Itabu Creek [1.7N 57.9167W]
Distribution: French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana

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Summary

Vaninitermes brevinasus is a species of the genus Vaninitermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Syntermitinae). The species was described by Emerson & Banks in 1957; the type locality is Guyana: East Berbice-Corentyne: Acarai Mountains, Itabu Creek [1.7N 57.9167W]. Distribution: French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana.

Etymology

Genus name Vaninitermes: Named after a person (Vanini); -termes from Latin termes.

Specific epithet brevinasus: From the descriptive term ‘brev’ (short)

Taxonomic position

Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
Subfamily: Syntermitinae — 22 genera, 105 species
Genus: Vaninitermes — 2 species
Type species of the genus: Vaninitermes ignotus

Distribution

Distribution records: French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana

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: Emerson & Banks, 1957. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

Distribution map

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13 records · 4 grid cells · GeoJSON · Vaninitermes · 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 Vaninitermes brevinasus accepted Vaninitermes brevinasus (Emerson & Banks, 1957) · confidence 100
Catalogue of Life Vaninitermes brevinasus (Emerson & Banks, 1957) accepted
World checklist Blattodea Species FileVaninitermes brevinasus (Emerson & Banks, 1957) 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

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Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera
Mauricio M. Rocha, Eliana M. Cancello · 2022 · Zootaxa
Abstract
Herein we describe three new genera based on a previous phylogenetic analysis of the termite subfamily Syntermitinae (Termitidae), which indicated that the genera Embiratermes Fontes and Ibitermes Fontes were paraphyletic. In order to resolve this paraphyly, the genus is more narrowly circumscribed, resulting in the following taxonomic changes: Biratermes gen. n., is established to accommodate Embiratermes robustus Constantino, 1992; Vaninitermes gen. n. is described for Armitermes brevinasisus Emerson Banks, 1957 and E. ignotus Constantino, 1991; and Bandeiratermes gen. n., is proposed to accommodate Armitermes silvestrii Emerson in Snyder, 1949 and Ibitermes tellustris Constantino, 1990. In addition, E. parvirostris Constantino, 1992 is considered a new junior subjective synonym of E. ignotus, and the imago of E. ignotus is described for the first time. Descriptions and illustrations of the workers digestive tube are included for all species, along with drawings of the coiling worker gut of E. festivellus (Silvestri, 1901). Photographs are provided for the soldiers of all of the aforementioned species. The new genera are compared with all other genera of Syntermitinae.

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Other species in Vaninitermes (1 species)

Vaninitermes ignotus

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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Vaninitermes brevinasus 短鼻瓦宁白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/vaninitermes-brevinasus/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_vaninitermes_brevinasus_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Vaninitermes brevinasus: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/vaninitermes-brevinasus/},
  note         = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

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