Species Paracapritermes kraepelinii (Silvestri, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mirotermes kraepelinii Silvestri, F. 1909. Isoptera. 279-314 pls xvi-xxi in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2. [298].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH soldier, Mundaring Weir, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH workers.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Gay, F.J. 1971. The Termitinae (Isoptera) of temperate Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 3: 1-36 [34].
• Paracapritermes hesperus Gay, F.J. 1956. New species of termites from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 207-213 [210].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9168 soldier, 2 miles (3.2 km) S Yornup, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC worker (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 6261 soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gay, F.J. 1971. The Termitinae (Isoptera) of temperate Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 3: 1-36 [28]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests diffuse, subterranean or in mounds of other termites, diet weathered wood, detritus in other termite nests.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. 1971. The Termitinae (Isoptera) of temperate Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 3: 1-36 [31-32] (biology)

Krishna, K. 1968. Phylogeny and generic reclassification of the Capritermes complex (Isoptera, Termitidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138: 261-324 [271]

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [136] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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