Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Lophotermes pusillus Miller, 1991

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Species Lophotermes pusillus Miller, 1991

  • Lophotermes pusillus Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1234].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9153 soldier, West Angelas (23º10´S 118º45´E), WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 16929 soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest and diet unknown.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [113] (distribution)