Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region Torres Strait (West Pacific Ocean)
List of families for Torres Strait
7 Families width 24 Species
Genera for Torres Strait
14 Genera with 24 Species | Balta Tepper, 1943 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coptotermes Wasmann, 1898 | Subterranean Termite | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptotermes Banks, 1925 | drywood termite | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Endecous Saussure, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephelotermes Miller, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterotermes Froggatt, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microcerotermes Silvestri, 1927 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nasutitermes Dudley, 1898 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Neotermes Holmgren, 1853 | Damp-wood Termites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prexaspes Stal, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prorhinotermes Silvestri, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schedorhinotermes Silvestri, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tumulitermes Holmgren, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Torres Strait
24 Species | Balta torresiana Hebard, 1943 | | | Coptotermes acinaciformis Froggatt, 1898 | Subterranean Termite | | Cryptotermes domesticus Haviland, 1898 | | | Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918 | | | Cryptotermes primus Hill, 1921 | Native dry-wood termite | | Cryptotermes secundus Hill, 1925 | Basal drywood termite | | Endecous (Notendecous) onthophagus Berg, 1891 | | | Ephelotermes cheeli Mjöberg, 1920 | | | Heterotermes paradoxus Froggatt, 1898 | | | Heterotermes vagus Hill, 1927 | | | Macrocerca shelfordi Princis, 1965 | | | Microcerotermes biroi Desneux, 1905 | | | Microcerotermes nanus Hill, 1915 | | | Microcerotermes taylori Hill, 1927 | | | Nasutitermes graveolus Hill, 1925 | Niggerhead termite | | Nasutitermes magnus Froggatt, 1898 | | | Nasutitermes princeps Desneux, 1905 | | | Nasutitermes torresi Hill, 1942 | | | Nasutitermes triodiae Froggatt, 1898 | Spinifex Termite | | Neotermes insularis Walker, 1853 | Ringant Termite | | Prexaspes (Elasia) pholcus Westwood, 1859 | | | Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909 | | | Schedorhinotermes actuosus Hill, 1933 | | | Tumulitermes marcidus Hill, 1942 | |
Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in Torres Strait | Order | Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites | 5
12
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
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