Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Ekphysotermes pelatus (Hill, 1942)

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Species Ekphysotermes pelatus (Hill, 1942)

  • Mirotermes (Mirotermes) pelatus Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [411].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9125 ♂ alate, near Cunnamulla, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 2007 alates.

 

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

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, known only from alates taken at light.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [99] (distribution)