Species Kalotermes hilli Emerson in Snyder, 1949

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kalotermes hilli Emerson, A.E. in Snyder, T. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112: 1-490 [15] [nom. nov. for Termes obscurus Walker, 1853].
• Termes obscurus Walker, F. 1853. List of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. – (Termitidae – Ephemeridae). London : British Museum pp. iii 447-585. [527] [junior homonym of Termes (Eutermes) obscurus Heer, 1849].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH No. (18)43 14 ♀ alate, Swan River, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emerson, A.E. in Snyder, T. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112: 1-490 [15]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ludlow to Albany.

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 logs, stumps and dead scar tissue.

 

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)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [28] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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