Species Drepanotermes brevis Watson & Perry, 1981

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• Drepanotermes brevis Watson, J.A.L. & Perry, D.H. 1981. The Australian harvester termites of the genus Drepanotermes (Isoptera: Termitinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 78: 1-153 [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9004 soldier, 12 miles (19 km) SW Barradale crossing, Yannarie River, on N-W Coastal Highway, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 13277 soldier, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from small area E Exmouth Gulf.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, harvester, nest subterranean, diffuse, diet primarily Triodia.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [88] (distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Perry, D.H. 1981. The Australian harvester termites of the genus Drepanotermes (Isoptera: Termitinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 78: 1-153 [29-30] (biology)

 

History of changes

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