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Species Lophotermes pectinatus Miller, 1991

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Species Lophotermes pectinatus Miller, 1991

  • Lophotermes pectinatus Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1230].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9152 soldier, Weipa, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate (morphotype); ANIC series No. 10 18097 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula.


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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest a mound or in mounds of other termites, diet apparently weathered wood.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1231] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [112] (distribution)