Species Incolitermes pumilus (Hill, 1942)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amitermes (Ahamitermes) pumilus Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [366].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9117 soldier, Unumgar State Forest near Mt Lindesay (as Mt Lindsay) near Queensland border, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 3362 nymphs, soldier, worker (type colony; the brachypterous neotenic that Hill mentioned in the original description is missing, and series No. 10 3362 also contains two soldiers of Coptotermes acinaciformis).

  Type locality references:

  Calaby, J.H. 1956. The distribution and biology of the genus Ahamitermes (Isoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 4: 111-124 pl. 1 [120].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests in nursery of Coptotermes acinaciformis, diet the carton nest material of its host.

 

General References

Calaby, J.H. 1956. The distribution and biology of the genus Ahamitermes (Isoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 4: 111-124 pl. 1 [119-120] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [108] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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