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Species Invasitermes insitivus (Hill, 1929)

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Species Invasitermes insitivus (Hill, 1929)

  • Mirotermes insitivus 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-10872 ♂ alate (labelled 'Type' by Hill, but the date, '18.12.19' is not a date given in the original description), Townsville, QLD.
    Paratype(s) NMV alates (type colony; dated '18.12.19').

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Townsville to Mt Molloy.


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 North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, lacking soldier caste, nests in mounds of other termites, commonly Amitermes laurensis, diet humic material in soil and mound material of host.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1984. Invasitermes, a new genus of soldierless termites from northern Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 33-37 [34, 35] (nov. comb., biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [109] (distribution)