Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Kalotermes atratus (Hill, 1933)

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Species Kalotermes atratus (Hill, 1933)

  • Calotermes (Cryptotermes) atratus Hill, G.F. 1933. Notes on Porotermes and Calotermes (Isoptera) from the Australian region, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 46: 36-50 pls I-II [48].
    Type data:
     Lectotype ANIC No. 9034 soldier, near Appin, NSW.
    Paralectotype(s) ANIC ♂ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 600 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).
    Subsequent designation references:
    Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [70].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and montane, Fisher Is.


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

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Tasmania: Bass Strait
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, drywood, nests in dead stumps and scar tissue.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [69-70] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [26] (distribution)