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Species Amitermes agrilus Gay, 1968

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Species Amitermes agrilus Gay, 1968

  • Amitermes agrilus Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [408].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9088 ♀ alate, Griffith, NSW.
    Paratype(s) ANIC soldier, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 11381 alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

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

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet weathered wood, dry dung, dry grass.

 

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 [410] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [50] (distribution)