Genus Nasutitermes Dudley, 1890

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• Nasutitermes Dudley, P.H. in Dudley, P.H. & Beaumont, J. 1890. Termites of the isthmus of Panama. Part ii. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences 9: 157-180 [158] [Sands, W.A. 1965. A revision of the termite subfamily Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Ethiopian Region. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomol.) Suppl. 4: 1–172 summarised the nomenclatorial history of Nasutitermes Dudley, which was described without included species; unfortunately, Sands missed two important points: first, that Banks, N. 1918. The termites of Panama and British Guiana. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38: 659–667 pl. LI used the name Nasutitermes for Termes cornigera Motschulsky, 1855, making cornigera an originally included nominal species of Nasutitermes Dudley and second, that Banks in Banks, N. & Snyder, T.E. 1920. A revision of the Nearctic termites with notes on biology and geographic distribution. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 108: viii 1–228 described Nasutitermes as a new genus with Termes morio Latreille, 1805 as type species; Nasutitermes Banks, 1920, is thus a junior homonym of Nasutitermes Dudley, 1890 (as well as being a subjective junior synonym), so that the identity of Termes morio is irrelevant to the question of the type species of Nasutitermes Dudley; Emerson, A.E. 1925. The termites of Kartabo Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica N.Y. 6: 291–459 chose Eutermes costalis Holmgren, 1910 as type species of Nasutitermes Banks, again a choice irrelevant to Nasutitermes Dudley; Snyder, T.E. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 112: 1–490 designated Termes cornigera Motschulsky, 1855, as type species of Nasutitermes Dudley, and this comprises a valid designation].

  Type species:

   Termes cornigera Motschulsky, 1855 by subsequent designation, see Snyder, T.E. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112: 1-490 [265].
• Nasutitermes Banks, N. & Snyder, T.E. 1920. A revision of the Nearctic termites with notes on biology and geographic distribution. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 108: viii 1-228 [69] [junior homonym of Nasutitermes Dudley, 1890].

  Type species:

   Termes morio Latreille, 1805 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gay, F.J. 1971. The Termitinae (Isoptera) of temperate Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 3: 1-36 [15]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Papuan, Indo-Malayan, Malagasy, Pacific Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
• Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

History of changes

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