Species Heterotermes brevicatena Watson & Miller, 1989
- Heterotermes brevicatena Watson, J.A.L. & Miller, L.R. 1989. [Taxonomic discussion]. In, Watson, J.A.L., Brown, W.V., Miller, L.R., Carter, F.L. & Lacey, M.J. Taxonomy of Heterotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in south-eastern Australia: cuticular hydrocarbons of workers, and soldier and alate morphology. Systematic Entomology 14: 299-325 [323].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9132 ♂ alate, 'Urimbirra', 35º09´S 149º18´E, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 18923 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Ecological Descriptors
Soil dweller, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nest unknown, diet primarily weathered wood, slight economic importance.
General References
Watson, J.A.L. 1988. Termites in the Canberra Region. 2nd Edn. Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation viii 63 pp. [18-19] (biology, importance)
Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [36] (distribution)
Watson, J.A.L. & Miller, L.R. 1989. [Taxonomic discussion]. In, Watson, J.A.L., Brown, W.V., Miller, L.R., Carter, F.L. & Lacey, M.J. Taxonomy of Heterotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in south-eastern Australia: cuticular hydrocarbons of workers, and soldier and alate morphology. Systematic Entomology 14: 299-325 (cuticular hydrocarbons, morphology, biology, distribution)
History of changes
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