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Species Ahamitermes hillii Nicholls, 1929

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Species Ahamitermes hillii Nicholls, 1929

  • Ahamitermes hillii Nicholls, A.G. 1929. A new species of termite from the Eastern Goldfields Region of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 19-23 [20].
    Type data:
     Lectotype ANIC No. 9115 ♀ alate, 8 miles (13 km) W Kalgoorlie, WA.
    Paralectotype(s) ANIC soldier, worker (type colony).
    Subsequent designation references:
    Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [363].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

N to about 28ºN.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests above nursery in mounds and tree nests of Coptotermes acinaciformis acinaciformis and C.a. raffrayi, diet the inner, carton nest material of its host.

 

General References

Calaby, J.H. 1956. The distribution and biology of the genus Ahamitermes (Isoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 4: 111-124 pl. 1 [112-117] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [47] (distribution)