Nasutitermes exitiosus

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]

Nasutitermes exitiosus
Soldiers workers and nymphs of a colony of Nasutitermes exitiosus termites
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
A mature queen of Nasutitermes exitiosus with workers and two soldiers

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.