Species Cryptotermes papulosus Gay & Watson, 1982

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Species Cryptotermes papulosus Gay & Watson, 1982

Cryptotermes papulosus Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [23].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9027 soldier, Lameroo, SA.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 16253 alates, dealate, soldiers, workers (type colony).

Distribution

States

South Australia

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

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

Australia
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs

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)

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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