Biogeographical and ecological insights from Australasian faunas: the megadiverse collembolan genus, Entomobrya (Entomobryidae)
Author
Jordana, Rafael
Author
Greenslade, Penelope
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-06
4770
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1
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journal article
22349
10.11646/zootaxa.4770.1.1
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Entomobrya tenuicauda
Schött, 1917
.
Type
locality
.
QLD
,
Logan Village
, -
27.76848°N
,
153.1076°E
,
18m
asl
, Mjöberg
.
Other material examined
.
SAMA
: TAS, New Town, -
42.8594°S
,
147.3056°E
, 8.ix.32, det. Womersley;
QLD
, Brisbane, 4.ix.33. Both specimens confirmed here as
Entomobrya
sp. cf
multifasciata
det. Greenslade (1980).
The
type
specimen of
E. tenuicauda
from Logan Village,
Queensland
in the
NHRM
has not been examined. It may be a good species. If it is, it is likely it is restricted in distribution to south-eastern
Queensland
. The identity of
E. tenuicauda
as a good species cannot therefore be confirmed.
Note.
There are three named varieties of
Entomobrya
remaining that cannot be confirmed. They are
Entomobrya nivalis
v immaculata
Schäffer, 1896
,
Entomobrya marginata
v pallida
Krausbauer, 1898
on three slides all identified and labelled by H. Womersley. The specimens are in too poor condition to be determined to species.
Schött (1917)
describes a further variety,
E. marginata laticlavia
which was not examined nor was
E. nivalis
var.
dorsalis
Ågren, 1904
recorded by
Womersley (1939)
from Kangaroo Island.