Nasutitermes exitiosus | |
---|---|
Soldiers workers and nymphs of a colony of Nasutitermes exitiosus termites | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Termitidae |
Genus: | Nasutitermes |
Species: | N. exitiosus |
Binomial name | |
Nasutitermes exitiosus (Hill, 1925) |
Nasutitermes is a species of snouted termite occurring in Australia. It is common in Canberra and parts of New South Wales. It nests in soil. Spores of Metarhizium robertsii have been found in their mounds.
References
- Montagu, A.; Lee, T. R. C.; Ujvari, B.; McCarl, V.; Evans, T. A.; Lo, N. (1 May 2020). "High numbers of unrelated reproductives in the Australian 'higher' termite Nasutitermes exitiosus (Blattodea: Termitidae)". Insectes Sociaux. 67 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1007/s00040-020-00764-7. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30137885. ISSN 1420-9098. S2CID 218624521.
- Milner, R.J.; Staples, J.A.; Hartley, T.R.; Lutton, G.G.; Driver, F.; Watson, J.A.L. (February 1998). "Occurrence of Metarhizium anisopliae in nests and feeding sites of Australian termites". Mycological Research. 102 (2): 216–220. doi:10.1017/S0953756297004735.
Taxon identifiers | |
---|---|
Nasutitermes exitiosus |
This termite-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |