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Species Cryptotermes primus (Hill, 1921)

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Species Cryptotermes primus (Hill, 1921)

  • Calotermes (Cryptotermes) primus Hill, G.F. 1921. New and rare Australian termites, with notes on their biology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46: 433-456 pl. xxxvi [446].
    Type data:
     Lectotype NMV No. T-10840 soldier, Townsville, QLD.
    Paralectotype(s) NMV ♂ alate, worker (morphotypes).
    Subsequent designation references:
    Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [79].
  • Calotermes (Cryptotermes) arcanus Hill, G.F. 1925. Termites from the Australian region: descriptions of new species and hitherto undescribed castes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 37: 206-229 pls xxiii-xxvi [214].
    Type data:
     Lectotype AM No. K48724 soldier, Lord Howe Is.
    Paralectotype(s) AM No. K48724 alate; NMV alate, soldier (bearing AM No. 48724).
    Subsequent designation references:
    Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [68].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [25]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils to central NSW, Lord Howe Is. (probably introduced).


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

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead wood and timber in service, minor economic importance.

 

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)

Watson, J.A.L. 1989. Termites (Isoptera) on Lord Howe Island. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Termite Group Report 89/1: 1-12 (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [20] (distribution)