Species Termitaradus australiensis (Mjöberg, 1914)

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• Termitaphis australiensis Mjöberg, E. 1914. Preliminary description of a new representative of the family Termitocoridae Silv. Entomologisk Tidskrift 1914: 98-99 [98].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM, Beaudesert, Qld.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic, flightless, fungivore, gregarious, open woodland, terrestrial, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Inquiline in nests of termite species, Coptotermes acinaciformis Froggatt, under bark of dead Eucalyptus sp.

General References

Kumar, R. 1967. Morphology of the reproductive and alimentary systems of the Aradoidea (Hemiptera), with comments on relationships within the superfamily. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60: 17-25 [21-25 figs] (morphology)

Usinger, R.L. 1942. Revision of the Termitaphididae (Hemiptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 18: 155-159 [158] (key, termite association)

Woodward, T.E., Evans, J.W. & Eastop, V.F. 1970. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, etc.). pp. 387-457 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Carlton : Melbourne University Press 1029 pp. [442 fig. 26.54] (description)

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