Species Nasutitermes eucalypti (Mjöberg, 1920)
- Eutermes eucalypti Mjöberg, E. 1920. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(15): 1-128 pls 1-6 [54].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM soldier, Kimberley district, WA.
Paralectotype(s) NHRM soldiers, workers (type colony).Subsequent designation references:
Watson, J.A.L., Miller, L.R. & Abbey, H.M. 1998. Isoptera. pp. 163-250 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp. - Eutermes fieldi Hill, G.F. 1923. New termites from central and south-east Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 40-48 [43] [the type series contained two species: the soldiers are Nasutitermes eucalypti (Mjöberg, 1920) and the alates and nymphs are Tumulitermes hastilis (Froggatt, 1898)].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA soldier, Tennant Creek, NT.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA soldiers.Subsequent designation references:
Watson, J.A.L., Miller, L.R. & Abbey, H.M. 1998. Isoptera. pp. 163-250 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Groote Eylandt.
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), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Soil dweller, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nests in mounds of other termites, diet plant litter, dung.
General References
Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [213] (biology)
Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [127] (distribution)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |