Mastotermes darwiniensis
TaxID: 13139
Basic Information
Mastotermes darwiniensis
Giant Northern Termite, giant northern termite
Mastotermes darwiniensis, common names giant northern termite and Darwin termite, is a termite species found only in northern Australia. It is the most primitive extant termite species. Contrary to common belief, this species does not form mounds as the nests are subterranean and inconspicuous. Colonies will readily occupy and infest decomposing wood but primarily live in a complex subterranean network of tunnels and galleries which they use to travel to new food sites. Colonies may eventually split and form isolated satellite colonies.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Mastotermitidae
Mastotermes
darwiniensis
unclassified
Species
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k__Metazoa;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Blattodea;f__Mastotermitidae;g__Mastotermes;s__Mastotermes darwiniensis
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Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (3 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
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| New Caledonia | Quarantine pests | — |
| French Polynesia | Absent | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (1 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
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| Australia | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCA_053541125.1 | Scaffold | 1014 | 9343 | 22640 | - |
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ASM5354112v1 |
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Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
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| SRR8924831 | Whole body | - | - | 25153018 | Australia: Darwin | |
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PRJNA533197 SRX5705982 SRP192908 insect RNA-Seq of Mastotermes darwiniensis colony A workers Homogenized using TissueRuptor, extracted using RNeasy Mini plus and rRNA depleted using Ribozero epidemiology. 9 workers {'tissue': 'Whole body', 'isolate': '9 workers', 'geo_loc_name': 'Australia: Darwin', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'isolation_source': 'M. darwiniensis colony A', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Nathan Lo'} |
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| SRR8924830 | Whole body | - | - | 25939494 | Australia: Darwin | |
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PRJNA533197 SRX5705983 SRP192908 insect RNA-Seq of Mastotermes darwiniensis colony A soldiers Homogenized using TissueRuptor, extracted using RNeasy Mini plus and rRNA depleted using Ribozero epidemiology. 5 soldiers {'tissue': 'Whole body', 'isolate': '5 soldiers', 'geo_loc_name': 'Australia: Darwin', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'isolation_source': 'M. darwiniensis colony A', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Nathan Lo'} |
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| SRR12393550 | whole body | Larvae, Workers, Soldiers | - | 36621060 | Germany: Labstock, Berlin | |
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PRJNA635910 SRX8891896 SRP276078 insect RNA-Seq of Mastotermes darwiniensis: workers, soldiers and larvae Library preparation according to NEXTflex Rapid Directional mRNA-seq kit {'tissue': 'whole body', 'dev_stage': 'Larvae, Workers, Soldiers', 'geo_loc_name': 'Germany: Labstock, Berlin', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2017', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)'} |
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Literature
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