Genus Trichonympha Leidy, 1877

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Regional Maps

• Trichonympha Leidy, J. 1877. On the intestinal parasites of Termes flavipes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 29: 146-149.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Calotermes brevicornis (Froggatt, 1896) [KALOTERMITIDAE] Termite (syn. Glyptotermes brevicornis, Glyptotermes nigrolabrum Hill, Glyptotermes dubius Mjoberg, Glyptotermes perangustus Hill, Calotermes nigrolabrum, Kalotermes nigrolabrum; gut); Calotermes trilineatus Mjoberg, 1920 [KALOTERMITIDAE] Termite (gut); Kalotermes obscurus (Walker, 1853) [KALOTERMITIDAE] Termite (syn. Calotermes obscurus; gut); Kalotermes rufinotum (Hill, 1925) [KALOTERMITIDAE] Termite (gut)).

General References

Kirby, H. 1932. Flagellates of the genus Trichonympha in termites. University of California Publications in Zoology 37: 350-454

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