Genus Kalotermes Hagen, 1853

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• Kalotermes Hagen H. 1853. [No Title]. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1853: 479-482 [479] [see Watson et al. (1998) for discussion of name and type species].

  Type species:

   Termes flavicollis Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Wasmann, E. 1897. Termiten. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 137-182 pls xi-xii [150] (as Calotermes (Calotermes) flavicollis)
• Calotermes Hagen, H. 1858. Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica 12: 1-342 pls i-iii [31-33] [unjustified emendation of Kalotermes Hagen, 1853; see qualification under Kalotermes].

  Type species:

   Termes flavicollis Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Wasmann, E. 1897. Termiten. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 137-182 pls xi-xii [150] (as Calotermes (Calotermes) flavicollis)
• Proglyptotermes Emerson, A.E. in Kirby, H. 1949. Devescovinid flagellates of termites V. The genus Hyperdevescovina, the genus Bullanympha, and undescribed or unrecorded species. University of California Publications in Zoology 45: 319-421 [321].

  Type species:

   Kalotermes hilli Emerson, 1949 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Krishna, K. 1961. A generic revision and phylogenetic study of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122: 303-408
• Watson, J.A.L., Miller, L.R. & Abbey, H.M. 1998. Isoptera. pp. 163-250 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp. [180] (based upon Krishna (1961: 331))

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Malagasy, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Ils of SW Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

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