Redescription of Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), with three new synonyms from China

IF 0.9 4区 农林科学 Q3 ENTOMOLOGY
Guan-Yu Chen, Yunling Ke, Wei-Ren Liang, Hou-Feng Li
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Abstract

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909, is an important structural pest in Mainland China, Japan, Taiwan, Bahamas, and the United States. Coptotermes formosanus was first described in Japanese, and the morphological description was too simple for congeneric species differentiation, resulting in confusion in species identification. To date, ten junior synonyms of C. formosanus have been reported. To avoid further confusion, we redescribed C. formosanus based on the type specimen and the specimens from the type locality, Taiwan. Most of the Coptotermes Wasmann, 1896 taxonomy has been clarified worldwide and the Chinese case remains an outlier, with many species that need to be revised. We further examined the taxonomic statuses of four Chinese species, C. chang­taiensis Xia & He, 1986, C. hekouensis Xia & He, 1986, C. shanghaiensis Xia & He, 1986, and C. suzhouensis Xia & He, 1986. We proposed that C. changtaiensis, C. hekouensis, and C. suzhouensis are the junior synonyms of C. formosanus. Even though the morphological characters of C. shanghaiensis are similar to C. formosanus, the body size of the former is significantly smaller. Additional Coptotermes samples collected from the Shanghai area would be required for the taxonomic status of C. shanghaiensis to be confirmed.
台湾地下白蚁,Coptotermes formosanus(白蚁总科:鼻白蚁科)的再描述及三个中国新同义词
台湾地下白蚁,Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki,1909年,是中国大陆、日本、台湾、巴哈马和美国的一种重要结构害虫。台湾Coptotermes formosanus最早在日语中被描述,其形态学描述过于简单,无法进行同源物种的区分,导致物种鉴定混乱。到目前为止,已经报道了十个台湾木的初级同义词。为了避免进一步混淆,我们根据模式标本和台湾模式地的标本重新命名了台湾弯孢。大多数Coptotermes Wasmann,1896年的分类学已经在世界范围内得到了澄清,中国的案例仍然是一个例外,许多物种需要修改。我们进一步研究了四个中国物种的分类状况,即台湾C.ChangTaiensis Xia&He,1986,河口C.hekouensis Xia&He,1986,上海C.shanghaiensis Xia&He,86和苏州C.Suzhouansis Xia&He(1986)。我们认为长泰C.、河口C.和苏州C.是台湾C.的初级异名。尽管上海C.的形态特征与台湾C.相似,但前者的体型明显较小。从上海地区采集的更多Coptotermes样本将需要确认上海C.shanghaiensis的分类地位。
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期刊介绍: An open access journal publishing papers on insect systematics, morphology of adult and immature stages and/or their biology, phylogeny, large-scale catalogues, and general papers on methodology of insect systematics AEMNP is publishing papers on: Insect systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature; Morphology of adult and immature stages and/or their biology with possible applications in taxonomy and phylogeny; Phylogeny at least partly based on morphological characters (or with morphological characters mapped on the tree); Catalogues applicable for further taxonomy and biodiversity studies; General papers on methodology of insect taxonomy.
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