Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Drepanotermes bellator Watson & Perry, 1981

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Species Drepanotermes bellator Watson & Perry, 1981

  • Drepanotermes bellator Watson, J.A.L. & Perry, D.H. 1981. The Australian harvester termites of the genus Drepanotermes (Isoptera: Termitinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 78: 1-153 [20].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9010 soldier, 7 miles (11 km) E Alice Springs, NT.
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 13607 alates, nymphs, 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

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
    • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, harvester, nest subterranean, diffuse, diet plant litter.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [87] (distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Perry, D.H. 1981. The Australian harvester termites of the genus Drepanotermes (Isoptera: Termitinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 78: 1-153 [25-27] (biology)