Corrections to the list of Collembola species recorded from Toohey forest, Queensland

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by  P Greenslade

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Memoirsofthe MuseumofVictoria57(1): 71-72 (1998)
CORRECTIONS TO THE LIST OF COLLEMBOLA SPECIES RECORDED FROM TOOHEY
FOREST, QUEENSLAND
Penelope Greenslade1 and Denis Rodgers2
'CSIRO, Entomology,GPOBox 1700, Canberra,ACT 2601, Australia
([email protected]
'DivisionofEnvironmental Sciences, GriffithUniversity,Nathan,Qld411 1, Australia
([email protected])
Greenslade, P. andRodgers, D., 1998. Correctionstothe list ofCollembolaspecies recorded
fromToohey forest, Queensland. MemoirsoftheMuseumofVictoria57:71-72.
The namesofseven ofthe species listed by D. Rodgers (1997,Memoirs oftheMuseum of
Victoria56: 287-293)are corrected.
Introduction Isotomidae
Recently Rodgers (1997) published data on the Isotomiellaprussianae Deharveng and Oliveira,
collembolan fauna of a eucalypt woodland site, 1990 (not Olivera as in Rodgers, 1997). Paren-
Toohey Forest, in southeastern Queensland. We theses around the authors' names as in Rodgers
now make some correctionstothe speciesnames (1997) are not required.
and generic assignments listed in his paper in
order to increase its value and to avoid possible Entomobryidae
future biogeographical errors. In particular, one
ofthegenerarecordedinthepaperdoesnotoccur Homidia sp.
on mainland Australia, and another three do not Specimens recorded as Homidia sp. are now
occur in southeastern Queensland norin forested identified as belonging to the genus Ento-
habitats. Consequently it is important to correct mobrya. Species of Entomobrya are known
these anomalous records inthe literature. The list to be common in southeastern Queensland.
ofcorrections is given below. Presently the genus Homidia is known to occur
only in South-East Asia, Hawaii and possibly
Hypogastruridae
also North America. Homidia cingula Borner,
Mesogastrura sp. 1906 which was described from Java, has
Specimens recorded asMesogastrura sp. arenow b(Pe.en Gfroeuennsdladoen, ChurnipsutbmlaissheI.d, Inrdeicaonrd)Ocebaunt
identified asXenylla thibaudi thibaudi Massoud, has never been recorded from the Australian
1965. This species has been recorded from rain-
mainland.
forest and grassy forested sites in southeast
Queensland (Gama and Greenslade, 1981). A
Willowsia sp.
single record ofan introduced species ofMeso-
gastrura, M. lybica (Caroli, 1914), is currently Specimens recorded as Willowsia sp. are now
the only known occurrence ofthis genus in Aus- identified asAcanthocyrtus lineatus Womersley,
tralia. It was found in the Jenolan Caves, New 1934. Until now this species was only known
South Wales(P. Greenslade, unpublishedrecord). from the type collection labelled asfrom "decay-
ing leaves, Brisbane" (Womersley, 1934). Two
Neanuridae syntypes exist in the South Australian Museum
collection (Greenslade, 1994). This species was
Cephalachomtes sp. the only one of 25 listed by Rodgers which
Cephalachorutes sp. (not Cephalachomtes as in showed a statistically significant association
Rodgers, 1997), is a new genus record for with a single plant species, Themeda triandra.
Australia. This genus was recently described Acanthocyrtus species are generally associated
from Thailand(Bedos and Deharveng, 1991) and with woody plants and fallen timber in the
several undescribed species are known from warmerpartsofAustralia.Acanthocyrtuslineatus
eucalypt forest leaf litter in southern Australia has appendages and a body that are unusually
(P. Greenslade, unpublished data). elongated for the genus.
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72 P. GREENSLADE AND D. RODGERS
Sminthuridae Acknowlegements
Jeannenotia sp. We would like to thank B. Halliday, L. Mound
and D. Rentz forsuggesting improvements to the
The eight specimens recorded asJeannenotia sp.
can not now be located. Only one species in the text.
genus, J. stachi (Jeannenot, 1955), is known in References
thisgenus in Australia (Greenslade, 1994). It was
probably introducedfrom Europeandisrestricted Bedos, A. and Deharveng, L., 1991. Cephalachorutes
to crop-lands and improved pastures (Ireson, gen. n., a new genus of tropical Neanuridae
1993). It is likely that the misidentified speci- (Collembola). Tidshrift voor entomologie 134:
145-153.
mens belonged to one of the following genera,
Oliveira, E. and Deharveng, L., 1990. Isotomiella
Sphaeridia, Sminthurinus or Sminthurides, (Collembola, Isotomidae) d'Amazonie les
because these genera have a superficial similarity especes du groupe minor. Bulletin du Mu:seum
toJeannenotia andwould be expectedtooccurin nationald'Histoirenaturelle, Paris 12: 75-93.
Toohey Forest. Gama, M.M. da and Greenslade, P., 1981. Relation-
ships between the distribution and phytogeny of
Sminthurus sp. Xenylla (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) species in
Australia and New Zealand. Revue d' ecologie et
Specimens recorded as Sminthurus sp. are now debiologiedusol IS: 269-284.
identified as belonging to the genus Smin- Greenslade, P., 1994. Collembola. Pp. 19-138 in
thurinus. Only one species of Sminthurus, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of
S. viridis (Linnaeus, 1758), is currently known Australia. Volume 22. Protura, Collembola,
from Australia. Itisrestrictedtosouthern,nonarid Diplura. CSIRO: Melbourne.
regions being found on crop-plants and on exotic Ireson, J.E., 1993. Activity and pest status ofsurface-
grasses in improved pastures and elsewhere active Collembola in Tasmanian field crops and
pastures.JournaloftheAustralian Entomological
(Ireson, 1993). The genus Sminthurinus is repre- Society32: 155-167.
sented by numerous native and some introduced Massoud, Z., 1965. Les Collemboles Poduromorphes
species in the more humid regions ofAustralia. de Nouvelle-Guinee. Annates de la Societe
TooheyForest,whichwasthe subjectofRodgers' EntomologiedeFrance (n.s.) 1: 373-391.
Rodgers, D., 1997. Soil collembolan (Insecta: Collem-
original paper, is a remnant patch of woodland bola) assemblage structure in relation to under-
isolated in an urban environment. It has never storeyplantspeciesandsoilmoistureonaeucalypt
been cultivated and weed invasion is minimal. woodlandsite.MemoirsoftheMuseumofVictoria
Forthese reasons it hasalreadybeen identifiedas 56: 287-293.
ofhigh conservation significance through its list- Womersley, H., 1934. A preliminary account of the
ing as part ofthe National Estate. An extensive Collembola-Arthropleona of Australia. Part II
surveyofitscollembolanfaunawill becarriedout Superfamily Entomobryoidea. Transactions ofthe
in the future in ordertodocumentits composition RoyalSocietyofSouthAustralia 58: 86-138.
morecompletelyandtodetectrareandpotentially
endangered species.