An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand
Author
Jantarit, Sopark
Author
Bedos, Anne
Author
Deharveng, Louis
text
Zootaxa
2016
4169
2
301
360
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4
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1175-5326
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Genus
Megalothorax
Willem
194.
Megalothorax
cf.
minimus
Willem, 1900
and
Megalothorax
gr.
minimus
*
Name in source.
Meganthrax minimus
in
Takeda (1981)
(misspelling),
Megalothorax
n.sp.
in
Deharveng & Bedos (1993b)
; considered as a species group in Deharveng
et al
. (1989) and in Bedos (1994). Source:
Takeda (1981)
,
Deharveng (1986)
, Deharveng
et al
. (1989),
Deharveng & Bedos (1993b)
, Bedos (1994).
Distribution in
Thailand
.
Chiang Mai
(N),
Khon Kaen
(NE). Habitat: litter and soil below
1700 m
. (orange form) and at all altitudes (white form) in Doi Inthanon forest (
Deharveng & Bedos 1993b
, Bedos 1994); soil s.l. in mixed dry deciduous forest and deforested area at
800 m
.
in
Khon Kaen province
(
Takeda 1981
).
Distribution outside
Thailand
.
M. minimus
is cosmopolitan.
Remark.
Two morphospecies in
Doi Inthanon forest
(Bedos 1994), one in
Khon Kaen
(
Takeda 1981
). All identifications of
M. minimus
have to be confirmed according to the recent revision of Schneider & D’Haese (2013).