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Species Coptotermes dreghorni Hill, 1942

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Species Coptotermes dreghorni Hill, 1942

  • Coptotermes dreghorni Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [170].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9050 ♀ dealate, Timber Reserve No. 263, Parish of Dirran, about 5 miles (8 km) E Ravenshoe, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC soldier, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 3895 queen, alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Primarily Atherton Tableland.


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), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, rain forest, nests in tree trunks, mounds (occasionally), possibly subterranean, diet sound and rotted wood, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [171] (biology, importance)

Ratcliffe, F.N., Gay, F.J. & Greaves, T. 1952. Australian Termites. The biology, recognition, and economic importance of the common species. Melbourne : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization 124 pp. [84] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [33] (distribution)