Species Glyptotermes brevicornis Froggatt, 1897

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• Glyptotermes brevicornis Froggatt, W.W. 1897. Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 510-552 pls xxxv-xxxvi [date on journal 1896, actual date of publication 31 May, 1897 Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with Biographical Notes on Authors and Collectors. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales viii 380 pp. [103]] [547].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Mackay, QLD.
• Calotermes (Glyptotermes) affinis Mjöberg, E. 1920. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(15): 1-128 pls 1-6 [21].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM ♂ alate, Mount Tamborine (as Mt. Tambourine), QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM alates, workers (type colony).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Eldridge, R.H. 1996. Revision of Australian Glyptotermes Froggatt (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 165-176 [168].
• Calotermes (Glyptotermes) dubius Mjöberg, E. 1920. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(15): 1-128 pls 1-6 [26].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM soldier, Herberton, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM soldiers, workers (type colony).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Eldridge, R.H. 1996. Revision of Australian Glyptotermes Froggatt (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 165-176 [168].
• Calotermes (Glyptotermes) trilineatus Mjöberg, E. 1920. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(15): 1-128 pls 1-6 [24].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM soldier, Malanda, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM soldier (fragmentary), workers (type colony).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Eldridge, R.H. 1996. Revision of Australian Glyptotermes Froggatt (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 165-176 [168].
• Calotermes (Glyptotermes) nigrolabrum Hill, G.F. 1921. New and rare Australian termites, with notes on their biology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46: 433-456 pl. xxxvi [437].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV No. T-10841 ♂ dealate, Palm Is., QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NMV nymph, soldier (morphotypes).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [89].
• Calotermes (Glyptotermes) claripennis Hill, G.F. 1925. Termites from the Australian region: descriptions of new species and hitherto undescribed castes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 37: 206-229 pls xxiii-xxvi [212].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM No. K51192 alate, Lord Howe Is., NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM No. K48725 alates, workers (type colony); NMV alates (type colony, bearing AM No. K48725).
• Calotermes (Glyptotermes) perangustus Hill, G.F. 1926. Australian termites (Isoptera). Notes on Stolotermes, Calotermes, and Coptotermes, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 38: 192-214 [199].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV No. T-9608 ♀ dealate, Wauchope, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) NMV No. T-9609 soldier (morphotype); NMV dealate, nymph, soldier, worker (type colony).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Eldridge, R.H. 1996. Revision of Australian Glyptotermes Froggatt (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 165-176 [168].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [86]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Is. (probably introduced), Norfolk Is. (probably introduced), New Zealand (introduced).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests in rotted or sound dead wood, poles, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Bain, J. & Jenkin, M.J. 1983. Kalotermes banksiae, Glyptotermes brevicornis, and other termites (Isoptera) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 365-370 [365] (biology)

Eldridge, R.H. 1996. Revision of Australian Glyptotermes Froggatt (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 165-176 [168] (types, biology, distribution, importance)

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [88] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. 1989. Termites (Isoptera) on Lord Howe Island. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Termite Group Report 89/1: 1-12 [6] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [23] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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