Species Apsenterotermes aspersus Miller, 1991

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• Apsenterotermes aspersus Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1170].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9136 soldier, 400 mile (640 km) peg, Geraldton-Carnarvon road, WA (approximately 27º30´S 114º43´E).
  Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 10416 soldier, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet unknown.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1172-1173] (biology, gut structure)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [78] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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