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Species Macrognathotermes broomensis (Mjöberg, 1920)

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Species Macrognathotermes broomensis (Mjöberg, 1920)

  • Mirotermes broomensis Mjöberg, E. 1920. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(15): 1-128 pls 1-6 [99].
    Type data:
     Lectotype AMNH soldier, Broome, WA.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1256].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Near coastal.


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), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently in mounds or in mounds of Nasutitermes triodiae, diet includes detritus in termite mounds.

 

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 [1256, 1258] (nov. comb., biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [115] (distribution)