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Species Nasutitermes torresi (Hill, 1942)

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Species Nasutitermes torresi (Hill, 1942)

  • Eutermes torresi Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [303].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9057 soldier, Thursday Is., QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ alate, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 17707 alates, soldiers, workers (type colony); NMV alate, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils.


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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests in mounds, diet unknown but includes dry dung.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [305] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [132] (distribution)