Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Drepanotermes brevis Watson & Perry, 1981

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Species Drepanotermes brevis Watson & Perry, 1981

  • Drepanotermes brevis 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 [28].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9004 soldier, 12 miles (19 km) SW Barradale crossing, Yannarie River, on N-W Coastal Highway, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 13277 soldier, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from small area E Exmouth Gulf.


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

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, harvester, nest subterranean, diffuse, diet primarily Triodia.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [88] (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 [29-30] (biology)