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Species Kalotermes serrulatus Gay, 1977

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Species Kalotermes serrulatus Gay, 1977

  • Kalotermes serrulatus Gay, F.J. 1977. A new species of Kalotermes Hagen (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from tropical Queensland. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 221-224 [222].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9039 soldier, 65 km WNW Townsville, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 15437 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Paluma to Atherton Tableland.


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), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, rain forest and wet sclerophyll forest, nests in logs, stumps and dead scars.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. 1977. A new species of Kalotermes Hagen (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from tropical Queensland. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 221-224 [223] (biology)

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