Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Kalotermes rufinotum (Hill, 1925)

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Species Kalotermes rufinotum (Hill, 1925)

  • Calotermes (Calotermes) rufinotum Hill, G.F. 1925. Termites from the Australian region: descriptions of new species and hitherto undescribed castes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 37: 206-229 pls xxiii-xxvi [207].
    Type data:
     Holotype NMV No. T-10842 ♂ alate, Seaford, VIC.
    Paratype(s) NMV nymph, soldier (morphotypes); NMV alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Two forms, coastal and montane.


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, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests in stumps and dead 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 [110] (biology)

Sewell, J.J. & Watson, J.A.L. 1981. Developmental pathways in Australian species of Kalotermes Hagen (Isoptera). Sociobiology 6: 243-324 [295-318] (castes, coastal and montane forms)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [29] (distribution)