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Species Microcerotermes biroi (Desneux, 1905)

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Species Microcerotermes biroi (Desneux, 1905)

  • Termes (Eutermes) biroi Desneux, J. 1905. Isoptera of New Guinea collected by L. Biró. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 3: 367-377 [369].
    Type data:
     Lectotype TTMB soldier, Bogadjim (as Stephansort) (Astrolabe Bay), Krangket (as Graget) Island, Madang (as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen), Papua New Guinea (Middleton, I., pers. comm.).
    Paralectotype(s) TTMB alates, soldiers; RIB alates, soldiers, workers.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Watson, J.A.L., Miller, L.R. & Abbey, H.M. 1998. Isoptera. pp. 163-250 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Snyder, T.E. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112: 1-490 [134]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils, New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Ils, Samoan Ils, Tonga.


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, nests primarily arboreal, or in mounds, diet weathered or rotted wood, plant detritus, timber in service, minor economic importance.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [424-425] (biology, extralimital distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [118] (distribution)