Species Tumulitermes apiocephalus (Silvestri, 1909)

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Regional Maps

• Eutermes apiocephalus Silvestri, F. 1909. Isoptera. 279-314 pls xvi-xxi in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. Jena : Fischer [306].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH soldier, Northampton, Jarrahdale, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH 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.
• Eutermes (Tumulitermes) aagaardi Mjöberg, E. 1920. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(15): 1-128 pls 1-6 [55].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM soldier, Mundaring, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM soldier, worker.

  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. 1925. Termites from the Australian region: descriptions of new species and hitherto undescribed castes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 37: 206-229 pls xxiii-xxvi [217]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

In WA N to Shark Bay.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests diffuse, subterranean or in mounds of other termites, diet weathered wood, plant detritus.

 

General References

Kovoor, J. 1969. Anatomie comparée du tube digestif des termites. II. Sous-famille des Nasutitermitinae. Insectes Sociaux 3: 195-234 (gut structure)

Perry, D.H., Watson, J.A.L., Bunn, S.E. & Black, R. 1985. Guide to the termites (Isoptera) from the extreme south-west of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 67: 66-78 [76-78] (biology, distribution)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [140] (distribution)