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Species Amitermes gracilis Gay, 1968

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Species Amitermes gracilis Gay, 1968

  • Amitermes gracilis 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].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9096 soldier, 5 miles (8 km) N Undina, QLD (bearing given as NE on labels with type specimens).
    Paratype(s) ANIC worker (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 10263 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

NT, Qld: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: W plateau
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet plant detritus, dry dung.

 

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 [423] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [58] (distribution)