Nasutitermes graveolus
©Anne Hoggett: Soldiers 4-5 mm long of Nasutitermes graveolus from a nest in a Corymbia tessellaris tree at Lizard Island Research Station.
©Anne Hoggett: Soldiers 4-5 mm long and workers about twice that length of Nasutitermes graveolus from a nest in a Corymbia tessellaris tree at Lizard Island Research Station.
©Anne Hoggett: Nest of Nasutitermes graveolus in a Corymbia tessellaris tree at Lizard Island Research Station.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Blattodea
Family
Termitidae
Genus
Nasutitermes
Species
Nasutitermes graveolus
Colours
Distinguishing features
A termite that builds globular, brittle-crusted nests in trees. Soldiers are 4-5 mm long, head is black with a pointed snout (nasus). Workers are about twice as long as soldiers.
Size
- Up to 0.5 cm (length of soldiers)
- Up to 1 cm (length of workers)
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Nasutitermes magnus
is also found at Lizard Island (ALA accessed Feb 2018). It makes mounds on the ground rather than in trees (Arab et al 2017).
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Arab, A. Namyatova, T.A. Evans, S.L. Cameron, D.K. Yeates, S.Y.W. Ho and N. Lo, D.A. (2017). Parallel evolution of mound-building and grass-feeding in Australian nasute termites, Biology Letters, 13: 20160625. LIRS catalog number 90379.