Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Amitermes firmus Gay, 1968

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Species Amitermes firmus Gay, 1968

  • Amitermes firmus Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [421].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9095 soldier, 7 miles (11 km) NNE Whim Creek, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC worker (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 10972 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

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest arboreal, diet weathered wood, sapwood.

 

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 [422] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [57] (distribution)