Species Amitermes innoxius Gay, 1968

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• Amitermes innoxius Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [427].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC No. 9097 soldier, Eurardy homestead, 90 miles (144 km) N Geraldton, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC worker (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 10437 nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Barrow Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet unknown.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [428] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [60] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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