Species Cryptotermes nitidus Gay & Watson, 1982
- Cryptotermes nitidus Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [21].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9026 soldier, 8 km NE Goondiwindi, QLD.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 15913 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
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)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |