Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux, 1905)

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Species Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux, 1905)

  • Termes (Eutermes) princeps Desneux, J. 1905. Isoptera of New Guinea collected by L. Biró. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 3: 367-377 [375].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) TTMB alate(s), soldier(s), worker(s)*, Madang (as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen), Papua New Guinea.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt, Torres Strait Ils, New Guinea, Aru Ils (the status of the specimens from Australia and the adjacent part of PNG is uncertain and they may be misidentified. The species may need to be excluded from the Australian fauna.).


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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf
    • Queensland: N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests compact, arboreal, diet sound and weathered wood.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [263] (biology)

Roisin, Y. & Pasteels, J.M. 1985. Imaginal polymorphism and polygyny in the Neo-Guinean termite Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux). Insectes Sociaux 32: 140-157 (castes, biology)

Roisin, Y. & Pasteels, J.M. 1986. Replacement of reproductives in Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux) (Isoptera: Termitidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 18: 437-442 (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [131] (Australian distribution)