Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Drepanotermes phoenix Watson & Perry, 1981

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Species Drepanotermes phoenix Watson & Perry, 1981

  • Drepanotermes phoenix 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 [90].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9022 soldier, near Port Hedland airport, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 10387 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Port Hedland area.


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, nests in mounds, diet dry 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. [95] (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 [93-95] (biology)