Species Occultitermes aridus Gay, 1977
- Occultitermes aridus Gay, F.J. 1977. The Australian termite genus Occultitermes Emerson (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 191-195 [193].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC No. 9073 soldier, Carnarvon Range, QLD.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 4333 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: W plateau
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Soil dweller, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet includes detritus in Drepanotermes mounds.
General References
Gay, F.J. 1977. The Australian termite genus Occultitermes Emerson (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 191-195 [195] (biology)
Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [135] (distribution)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |