Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Schedorhinotermes seclusus (Hill, 1933)

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Species Schedorhinotermes seclusus (Hill, 1933)

  • Rhinotermes intermedius seclusus Hill, G.F. 1933. Australian Rhinotermes (Isoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 45: 2-17 pls I-IV [5].
    Type data:
     Lectotype NMV No. T-10854 major soldier, Babinda, QLD.
    Paralectotype(s) NMV ♂ alate, minor soldier, worker (morphotypes).
    Subsequent designation references:
    Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [191].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • 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. (raised to species)

 

Distribution

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, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests compact, subterranean or in stumps, diet primarily weathered or rotted wood including sawn timber, slight economic importance.

 

General References

Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls [191] (biology, importance)

Miller, L.R. 1987. Trimorphic soldiers in Schedorhinotermes seclusus (Hill) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and notes on biology. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26: 235-236 (biology, nest, castes)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [46] (distribution)