Species Kalotermes aemulus Sewell & Gay, 1978

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• Kalotermes aemulus Sewell, J.J. & Gay, F.J. 1978. The genus Kalotermes Hagen in Western Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 41-51 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9020 soldier, Victoria Park, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 8485 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests in damp, dead wood in logs, stumps and living trees.

 

General References

Sewell, J.J. & Gay, F.J. 1978. The genus Kalotermes Hagen in Western Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 41-51 [50] (biology, distribution)

Sewell, J.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1981. Developmental pathways in Australian species of Kalotermes Hagen (Isoptera). Sociobiology 6: 243-324 [248-272] (castes)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [26] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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