Species Kalotermes rufinotum (Hill, 1925)
- Calotermes (Calotermes) rufinotum 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 [207].
Type data:
Holotype NMV No. T-10842 ♂ alate, Seaford, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV nymph, soldier (morphotypes); NMV alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Two forms, coastal and montane.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nests in stumps and dead scar tissue.
General References
Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [110] (biology)
Sewell, J.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1981. Developmental pathways in Australian species of Kalotermes Hagen (Isoptera). Sociobiology 6: 243-324 [295-318] (castes, coastal and montane forms)
Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [29] (distribution)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |