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

2 Pages·1998·0.18 MB·English

by  P. Greenslade

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https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1998.57.04
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Introduction Isotomidae
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collemfabuonolafaa ne ucawloyopdtl saintde1 ,9 9(0n Oolti vaesir nRa o dge1r9s9,7P )ae.rn ­
ToohFeoyr eisnst o,u theQauseteenrnsW lea ntdh.e asreosut nhadeu thnoarmsae'ssi nR odgers
nomwa kseo mceo rretcott hiseop nescn iaemse s(1 99a7r)ne o rte quired.
angde nearsisci gnlmiesnitnthe sidp s a per in
ordteoir n crietvasas leau netd oa vopiods sible
Entomobryidae
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ofth gee nreercao irntd heed dpoaenpsoeo trc cur Homisdpi.a
onm ainlAaunsdt raanladin ao,tt hherdreo e not
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hbaitCaotsnse.q ueinittsi l myp orttoca onrtr ect i
moba.S pecoifeE sn tomoabrrykean own
theasneo marleocuoisrnt d hlsei terTahlteiu srte .ry
tob ec ommoinns outheQauseteenrns land.
ofc orreicgsti ivobenensl ow.
Presetnhgteel nyHu os1 1i1ski ndoiwtanoo ccur
onliynS outhA-sEiaHasa,tw aainipd o ssibly
Hypogastruridae
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Mesogasspt.r ura 190w6h icwha sd escrfriobmeJ da vhaa,s
beefno unodnC hrisIt.mI,an sd iOacne an
Specirmeecnosar sMd eesdo gasspat.rrn euo rwa
ideiendta isXef nvltlhai btahuidbMiaa usdsio u(dP,.G reensulnapdueb,l irsehceodrb du)t
hanse vbeere rne corfdreotdmh Aeu stralian
196T5h.is sp echiab�ses e rne cofrrdoermda in­
mainland.
foraensdtg rasfosrye sstietdie nss o utheast
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Willsopw.s ia
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thoen lkyn own ococftu hrgiresen niucnAse u s­identaisAfi ceadn th/oicnyerWatotumuessr sley,
tra[lwtia asfo. u nidnt hJee noClaavneN se,w 193U4n.t niolwt hsipse cwiaesos n lkyn own
South (WPGa.rl eeesn slade,r eucnoprfrudob)m.lt ihtyseph ceeo dl lelcatbieaolsfrnl o em'd ' decay­
inlge avBersi,s bane" 1(9W3oT4mw)eo.r sley,
Neanuridae synteyxpieissntt hS eo uth AuMsutsreaulmi an
colle(cGtrieloeannd1 se9 .)9 T.4 h issp ecwiaess
Cephalascpft.o rutes
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Cephalascph(.on roCutet pehsa loacsih no rsuhtoewase ds tatisticalalsys ocsiiagtniiofinc ant
Rodge1r9s9,7i )sa, n ewg enurse coforrd witahs inpgllaesn pte cTiheesm,te nd·aa ndra.
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fromT hai(lBaendadon Dsdeh arv1e9n9ga1,n) d witwho odpyl anatndsfa llteinm bientr h e
seveurnadle scsrpiebceaidrek esn own frwoamm 1pearro tfAs u strAaclainat.h loicnyerattuuss
eucafolryeplstet la ift itnse oru tAhuesrnt rahlaisa appenadb aogdteyhs aa trau enn du sually
(PG.r eensulnapdueb,l ished datae)l.o ngfoartt hegede nus.
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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
this genus 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.
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isolated in an urban environment. It has never storeyplantspeciesandsoilmoistureonaeucalypt
been cultivated and weed invasion is minimal. woodlandsite.MemoirsoftheMuseumofVictoria
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ofhigh conservation significance through its list- Womersley, H., 1934. A preliminary account of the
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morecompletelyandtodetectrareandpotentially
endangered species.