Species Cryptotermes domesticus (Haviland, 1898)

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• Calotermes (Cryptotermes) domesticus Haviland, G.D. 1898. Observations on termites; with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 26: 358-442 pls 22-25 [374].

  Type data:

   Lectotype CUMZ soldier, Sarawak.
  Paralectotype(s) CUMZ 5 'imagos', 1 soldier, 1 worker.

  Subsequent designation 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 [32].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 [50]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

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

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)

 

History of changes

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