Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Amitermes eucalypti (Hill, 1922)

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Species Amitermes eucalypti (Hill, 1922)

  • Hamitermes eucalypti Hill, G.F. 1922. On some Australian termites of the genera Drepanotermes, Hamitermes and Leucotermes. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 363-399 pls ix-xii [391].
    Type data:
     Lectotype AMNH soldier, Magnetic Is., QLD.
    Paralectotype(s) AMNH alate; ANIC series No. 10 127 ♂ alate, 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 [317].

 

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

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest subterranean, diffuse, diet primarily weathered wood, dry dung.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1922. On some Australian termites of the genera Drepanotermes, Hamitermes and Leucotermes. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 363-399 pls ix-xii [393-395] (biology)

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [317] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [56] (distribution)