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Species Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light, 1921

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Species Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light, 1921

  • Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light, S.F. 1921. Notes on Philippine termites, II. Philippine Journal of Science 19: 23-63 pls 1-6 [36].
    Type data:
     Lectotype AMNH soldier, Philippines (as Philippine Island).
    Subsequent designation references:
    Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 [45].
    Type locality references:
    Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 [45].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal far north QLD, Papuan, Indo-Malayan regions.


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

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in milled timber, logs and dead wood of standing trees, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Bacchus, S. 1987. A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7: iv 1-91 (extralimital distribution)

Chhotani, O.B. 1970. Taxonomy, zoogeography and phylogeny of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the Oriental Region. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 15(1): i 1-81 (extralimital distribution)

Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 (biology, importance)

Light, S.F. 1921. Notes on Philippine termites, II. Philippine Journal of Science 19: 23-63 pls 1-6 (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [16] (distribution)