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Species Ephelotermes persimilis (Gay, 1971)

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Species Ephelotermes persimilis (Gay, 1971)

  • Termes persimilis Gay, F.J. 1971. The Termitinae (Isoptera) of temperate Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 3: 1-36 [13].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9121 ♀ alate, 3 miles (5 km) NE Babakin, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC soldier, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 8339 alates, soldier, workers (type colony).

 

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet weathered wood.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. 1971. The Termitinae (Isoptera) of temperate Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 3: 1-36 [15] (biology)

Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1190] (nov. comb.)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [103] (distribution)