Genus Mastotermes Froggatt, 1897
- Mastotermes Froggatt, W.W. 1897. Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 510-552 pls xxxv-xxxvi [date on journal 1896, actual date of publication 31 May, 1897 Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with Biographical Notes on Authors and Collectors. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales viii 380 pp. [103]] [519] [date on journal 1896, actual date of publication 31 May, 1897; summary characterisation p. 517, full description p. 519].
Type species:
Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt, 1897 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced to Papua New Guinea and Gebe Is., Indonesia.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
- Gay, F.J. 1969. Species introduced by man. pp. 459-494 in Krishna, K. & Weesner, F.M. (eds). Biology of Termites. New York : Academic Press Vol. 1. [461]
- Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [4]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |