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Species Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909

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Species Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909

  • Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, F. 1909. Isoptera. 279-314 pls xvi-xxi in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. Jena : Fischer [287].
    Type data:
     Lectotype ZMB soldier, 'Insulae Samoa, Ninafoon' (probably Niuafo'ou, Tonga).
    Paralectotype(s) ZMB dealates, neotenics / nymphs, 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

  • Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [138]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Yorke Ils Torres Strait, Papua, SW Pacific 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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests in logs and stumps, diet primarily rotted wood, slight economic importance.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Barrett, R.A. 1983. The occurrence in Australia of Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 75-77 [75] (biology, distribution)

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [139] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [43] (Australian distribution)