Species Ahamitermes inclusus Gay, 1955

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Species Ahamitermes inclusus Gay, 1955

Ahamitermes inclusus Gay, F.J. 1955. A new Coptotermes and Ahamitermes (Isoptera) from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 79: 177-181 [180].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9116 soldier, 51 miles (82 km) NNW Galena, WA.
Paratype(s) ANIC queen, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series Nos 10 7314, 10 7315 nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Narrow strip between Hamelin and Yuna.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests above nursery in mounds of Coptotermes brunneus, diet the inner, carton nest material of its host.

General References

Calaby, J.H. 1956. The distribution and biology of the genus Ahamitermes (Isoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 4: 111-124 pl. 1 [117-118] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [47] (distribution)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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