Species Drepanotermes phoenix Watson & Perry, 1981

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• Drepanotermes phoenix 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 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9022 soldier, near Port Hedland airport, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 10387 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Port Hedland area.

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, nests in mounds, diet dry 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. [95] (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 [93-95] (biology)

 

History of changes

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