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Species Amitermes pallidiceps Gay, 1969

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Species Amitermes pallidiceps Gay, 1969

  • Amitermes pallidiceps Gay, F.J. 1969. Amitermes pallidiceps, a new name for A. pallidus Gay (Isoptera: Termitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 112 [112] [nom. nov. for A. pallidus Gay, 1968].
  • Amitermes pallidus Gay, F.J. 1968. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Amitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 405-457 [435] [junior homonym of Amitermes pallidus Light, 1932].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9103 ♂ alate, 1 mile (1.6 km) N Upper Swan, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC soldier, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 8328 alates, nymph, soldier, 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: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet unknown.

 

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 [436] (biology)

Perry, D.H., Watson, J.A.L., Bunn, S.E. & Black, R. 1985. Guide to the termites (Isoptera) from the extreme south-west of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 67: 66-78 [75] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [67] (distribution)