Species Amitermes arboreus Roisin, 1990

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Regional Maps

• Amitermes arboreus Roisin, Y. 1990. The termite genus Amitermes Silvestri in Papua New Guinea. Indo-Malayan Zoology 6: 185-194 [190].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB soldier, Wipim, 8º47´S 142º53´E, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 21398 soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Melville Is., Groote Eylandt, Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests arboreal, diet the carton nest material of Coptotermes acinaciformis and other termites.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1994. The occurrence of Amitermes arboreus Roisin in Australia, with notes on its biology (Isoptera: Termitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 33: 305-308 (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [51] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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