Species Cryptotermes cristatus Gay & Watson, 1982

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Species Cryptotermes cristatus Gay & Watson, 1982

Cryptotermes cristatus 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].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9024 soldier, 9 km N by E Alice Springs, NT.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 16754 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Alice Springs area.

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

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

Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin

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)

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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