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Species Saxatilitermes saxatilis Miller, 1991

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Species Saxatilitermes saxatilis Miller, 1991

  • Saxatilitermes saxatilis Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1241].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9154 soldier, Jim Jim Gorge, NT.
    Paratype(s) ANIC series No. 10 18477 queen, soldiers, workers (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Kakadu National Park.


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: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest in mounds in sandstone cracks, diet unknown.

 

General References

Miller, L.R. 1991. A revision of the Termes-Capritermes branch of the Termitinae in Australia (Isoptera: Termitidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1147-1282 [1242] (biology, gut structure)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [139] (distribution)