Nasutitermes exitiosus
Species of termite
Nasutitermes exitiosus | |
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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) |
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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.[1] Spores of Metarhizium robertsii have been found in their mounds.[2]
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.
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