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Species Occasitermes watsoni Gay, 1974

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Species Occasitermes watsoni Gay, 1974

  • Occasitermes watsoni Gay, F.J. 1974. The Australian termite genus Occasitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 275-283 [280].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9072 soldier, 12 km W by N Temora, NSW.
    Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ alate, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 14725 alates, nymphs, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Ingalba Nature Reserve near Temora and Binya State Forest.


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

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest unknown, apparently subterranean, diet weathered wood, bark.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. 1974. The Australian termite genus Occasitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 275-283 [282] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [134] (distribution)