Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Ekphysotermes jarmuranus (Hill, 1929)

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Species Ekphysotermes jarmuranus (Hill, 1929)

  • Mirotermes jarmuranus 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 [94].
    Type data:
     Holotype NMV No. T-10866 ♀ dealate, 130 miles (208 km) SE Broome, WA.

 

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, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, W plateau
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
    • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, known only from alates.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1192] (nov. comb.)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [98] (distribution)