Species Nasutitermes graveolus (Hill, 1925)

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• Eutermes graveolus 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 [226].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV No. T-10879 soldier, Darwin, NT.
  Paralectotype(s) NMV queen, ♂ alate, brachypterous ♂ alate, worker (morphotypes); NMV alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony); ANIC series No. 10 127 alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers, eggs, larvae (type colony; the labels accompanying the lectotype and morphotypes and the other parts of the type colony, carry the date 23 Oct. 1914, not 1913, as given in the original description).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [227].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Melville Is., Groote Eylandt, Torres Strait Ils, Great Barrier Reef Ils, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests arboreal, diet weathered and sound wood including timber in service, plant detritus, dry dung, slight economic importance.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Calaby, J.H. 1970. Termites of the Australian Region. pp. 393-448 in Krishna, K. & Weesner, F.M. (eds). Biology of Termites. New York : Academic Press Vol. 2. [437, 440] (biology)

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [226-227] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [128] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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