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Species Macrosubulitermes greavesi (Hill, 1942)

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Species Macrosubulitermes greavesi (Hill, 1942)

  • Eutermes greavesi Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [287].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9070 ♀ alate, Gadgarra, QLD (Miller (1984: 119) incorrectly gave the type locality as Danbulla).
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 2659 alates (type colony; the series from which the alate caste was described contained soldiers belonging to two species. Uncertain of their identities, Hill did not describe them, but commented that one, that he believed was closely allied to what is now called Nasutitermes pluvialis, was probably the soldier of 'E. greavesi'. However, Emerson, A.E. 1960. New genera of termites related to Subulitermes from the Oriental, Malagasy, and Australian regions (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). American Museum Novitates 1986: 1–28 [23] showed that the other kind of soldier, allied to what is now Australitermes perlevis, is the soldier of M. greavesi. Under Art. 72(b)(i) of the Code, these soldiers cannot be considered paratypic).
    Type locality references:
    Miller, L.R. 1984. The Australian genera of the Subulitermes branch of the Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 119-125.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Atherton Tableland to Cape Tribulation.


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

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, diet probably weathered wood.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1984. The Australian genera of the Subulitermes branch of the Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 119-125 [119-121] (gut structure)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [117] (distribution)