Species Amitermes leptognathus Gay, 1968

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Species Amitermes leptognathus Gay, 1968

Amitermes leptognathus Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [433].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9102 soldier, Sandy Blight Junction (W of Alice Springs), NT.
Paratype(s) ANIC worker (norphotype???); ANIC series No. 10 10979 soldier, workers (type colony).

Distribution

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Northern Territory

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

IBRA

NT: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, Triodia grassland, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet unknown.

General References

Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [433] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [64] (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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