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Species Kalotermes hilli Emerson in Snyder, 1949

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Species Kalotermes hilli Emerson in Snyder, 1949

  • Kalotermes hilli Emerson, A.E. in Snyder, T. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112: 1-490 [15] [nom. nov. for Termes obscurus Walker, 1853].
  • Termes obscurus Walker, F. 1853. List of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. – (Termitidae – Ephemeridae). London : British Museum pp. iii 447-585 [527] [junior homonym of Termes (Eutermes) obscurus Heer, 1849].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH No. (18)43 14 ♀ alate, Swan River, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Emerson, A.E. in Snyder, T. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112: 1-490 [15]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Ludlow to Albany.


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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

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

 

General References

Sewell, J.J. & Gay, F.J. 1978. The genus Kalotermes Hagen in Western Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 41-51 [50] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [28] (distribution)