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Species Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill, 1929)

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Species Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill, 1929)

  • Amitermes (Drepanotermes) tamminensis Hill, G.F. 1929. Notes on Australian termites (Isoptera). Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 41: 85-96 pl. xiv [88].
    Type data:
     Lectotype AMNH soldier, Tammin, WA.
    Paralectotype(s) ANIC series No. 10 13749 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony); ANIC series No. 10 441 alates, soldiers (paralectotype colony).
    Subsequent designation references:
    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 [110].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

N to Murchison River.


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: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, harvester, nests in mounds, diet a wide range of dry plant litter and grass.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [97] (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 [114] (biology)