Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Tumulitermes subaquilus (Hill, 1942)

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Species Tumulitermes subaquilus (Hill, 1942)

  • Eutermes subaquilus Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls.
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC No. 9169 soldier (Hill, G.F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 479 pp. 24 pls. [303] stated incorrectly that the holotype is in NMV), Narrogin, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC nymph, worker (morphotypes); ANIC series No. 10 1556 nymph, soldier, worker (type colony).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

N to Murchison River.


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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nest apparently subterranean or in mounds of other termites, diet grass, plant detritus.

 

General References

Gay, F.J. & Calaby, J.H. 1970. Termites of the Australian Region. pp. 393-448 in Krishna, K. & Weesner, F.M. (eds). Biology of Termites. New York : Academic Press Vol. 2 [446] (biology)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1993. Atlas of Australian Termites. Melbourne & Canberra : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 158 pp. [147] (distribution)