Species Procryptotermes australiensis Gay, 1976

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• Procryptotermes australiensis Gay, F.J. 1976. An Australian species of Procryptotermes Holmgren (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 45-48 [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9044 soldier, 15 km SW Bowen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 15286 alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

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), 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 coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead branches and logs.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. 1976. An Australian species of Procryptotermes Holmgren (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 45-48 [48] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [31] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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