Species Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux, 1905)

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• Termes (Eutermes) princeps Desneux, J. 1905. Isoptera of New Guinea collected by L. Biró. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 3: 367-377 [375].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TTMB alate(s), soldier(s), worker(s)*, Madang (as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen), Papua New Guinea.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt, Torres Strait Ils, New Guinea, Aru Ils (the status of the specimens from Australia and the adjacent part of PNG is uncertain and they may be misidentified. The species may need to be excluded from the Australian fauna.).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests compact, arboreal, diet sound and weathered wood.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [263] (biology)

Roisin, Y. & Pasteels, J.M. 1985. Imaginal polymorphism and polygyny in the Neo-Guinean termite Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux). Insectes Sociaux 32: 140-157 (castes, biology)

Roisin, Y. & Pasteels, J.M. 1986. Replacement of reproductives in Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux) (Isoptera: Termitidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 18: 437-442 (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [131] (Australian distribution)

 

History of changes

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