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Species Cryptotermes nitidus Gay & Watson, 1982

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Species Cryptotermes nitidus Gay & Watson, 1982

  • Cryptotermes nitidus Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [21].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9026 soldier, 8 km NE Goondiwindi, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 15913 alates, 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

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead scars of eucalypts.

 

General References

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, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [19] (distribution)