Species Kalotermes banksiae (Hill, 1942)
- Calotermes banksiae Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [115].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9037 soldier, Mallacoota, VIC.
Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂, 1♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 2412 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Cooloola to Adelaide, Lord Howe Is. (probably introduced), Norfolk Is. (probably introduced), New Zealand (introduced).
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nests in dead wood (commonly Banksia), roots, driftwood, and timber in service, minor economic importance.
General References
Bain, J. & Jenkin, M.J. 1983. Kalotermes banksiae, Glyptotermes brevicornis, and other termites (Isoptera) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 365-370 [365-366] (biology, New Zealand)
Gay, F.J. 1976. Isoptera of the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Entomologist 6: 149-153 [152] (biology, in part as Kalotermes cognatus Gay, 1976)
Sewell, J.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1981. Developmental pathways in Australian species of Kalotermes Hagen (Isoptera). Sociobiology 6: 243-324 [272-295] (castes)
Watson, J.A.L. 1989. Termites (Isoptera) on Lord Howe Island. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Termite Group Report 89/1: 1-12 [4-5] (biology, Lord Howe Is.)
Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [27] (distribution)
Watson, J.A.L. & Barrett, R.A. 1988. Kalotermes banksiae Hill in Adelaide. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Termite Group Report 88/11: 1-13 (importance)
History of changes
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