Genus Cryptotermes Banks, 1906

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Tropicopolitan, some species in temperate zones.


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IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Australian Region

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Species Cryptotermes austrinus Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Social, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Drywood, nests in dead wood of standing trees and stumps.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [4-6] (distribution, biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [15] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)

West Indian Drywood Termite

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced to Australia and established in coastal areas, widespread in warm temperate, subtropical and tropical countries.


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IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in wood in buildings, not known in the wild, major economic importance.

 

General References

Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 [41] (extralimital distribution, biology, importance)

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [8] (biology, importance)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [15] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes cristatus Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Alice Springs area.


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IBRA

NT: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead wood and pith of standing trees.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [10] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [16] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light, 1921

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal far north QLD, Papuan, Indo-Malayan regions.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in milled timber, logs and dead wood of standing trees, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 (extralimital distribution)

Chhotani, O.B. 1970. Taxonomy, zoogeography and phylogeny of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the Oriental Region. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 15(1): i 1-81 (extralimital distribution)

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, importance)

Light, S.F. 1921. Notes on Philippine termites, II. Philippine Journal of Science 19: 23-63 pls 1-6 (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [16] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes domesticus (Haviland, 1898)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Some Australian populations possibly introduced, Papuan, Indo-Malayan, Oriental, Neotropical regions, Pacific Ils.


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IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in timber in service and dead wood of standing trees, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Chhotani, O.B. 1970. Taxonomy, zoogeography and phylogeny of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the Oriental Region. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 15(1): i 1-81 [33-34] (extralimital distribution)

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [14-15] (biology, importance)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [17] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks is not established on mainland Australia. It has been detected as quarantine interceptions across the north coast of Australia — WA, NT and Qld. There is a 1933 record of C. dudleyi from a building on Thursday Island (probably introduced), but recent collections have failed to relocate it (R.H. Eldridge, pers. comm., 2006); Papuan, Indo-Malayan, Malagasy, Afrotropical, Neotropical regions, islands in Indian and Pacific Oceans.


Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests primarily in timber in service, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 [53, 54] (extralimital synonymies, biology, extralimital distribution, importance)

Chhotani, O.B. 1970. Taxonomy, zoogeography and phylogeny of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the Oriental Region. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 15(1): i 1-81 [40-41] (extralimital distribution)

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [17] (biology, importance)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [17] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes gearyi (Hill, 1942)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extreme SE QLD.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in logs, stumps, dead wood of standing trees.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, distribution)

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [18] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes hilli Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Central to SE QLD.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in logs, stumps, dead wood of standing trees.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [18] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes nitidus Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead scars of eucalypts.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [19] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes papulosus Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


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IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead scars and stumps of eucalypts.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [19] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes primus (Hill, 1921)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils to central NSW, Lord Howe Is. (probably introduced).


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IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead wood and timber in service, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. 1989. Termites (Isoptera) on Lord Howe Island. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Termite Group Report 89/1: 1-12 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [20] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes queenslandis (Hill, 1933)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Primarily coastal.


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Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead wood of trees, branches and stumps.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [20] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes riverinae Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Riverina area.


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NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead scars and stumps of eucalypts.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [21] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes secundus (Hill, 1925)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt, Torres Strait Ils.


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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, commonly nests in dead branches.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [34-35] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [21] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes simulatus Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and montane (inland plains).


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IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead branches, stumps, scar tissue and sawn timber.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [37] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [22] (distribution)

 

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Species Cryptotermes tropicalis Gay & Watson, 1982

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal far north QLD.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, rainforest, nests in dead wood and in house stumps and bearers.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [39] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [22] (distribution)

 

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