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Species Cryptotermes tropicalis Gay & Watson, 1982

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Species Cryptotermes tropicalis Gay & Watson, 1982

  • Cryptotermes tropicalis Gay, F.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 88: 1-64 [38].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9030 soldier, Gadgarra State Forest, 17 km E by S Yungaburra, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ alate; ANIC series No. 10 15591 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal far north QLD.


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, rainforest, nests in dead wood and in house stumps and bearers.

 

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 [39] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [22] (distribution)