Species Polykatianna davidi (Tillyard, 1920)

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• Arrhopalites davidi Tillyard, R.J. 1920. The insects of Macquarie Island. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 C 5: 8-16 [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM AAE K42848 ♀, North End, Macquarie Is.
  Paratype(s) AM AAE 13♂ 3♀; AM 11 specimens.
• Parakatianna litorea litorea Salmon, J.T. 1943. New records of Collembola from New Zealand with descriptions of new species, Part 2—Symphypleona. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 1-12 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ 3/1255, Titahi Bay, New Zealand.
• Parakatianna litorea luteaterga Salmon, J.T. 1943. New records of Collembola from New Zealand with descriptions of new species, Part 2—Symphypleona. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 1-12 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ 3/1258, Titahi Bay, New Zealand.
• Metakatianna gressitti Salmon, J.T. 1964. Three new species of Collembola Symphypleona from the Subantarctic. Pacific Insects 6(2): 313-318 [317].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM juv., Base Camp, Macquarie Is.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Greenslade, P. 1990. Notes on the biogeography of the free-living terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Macquarie Island with an annotated checklist. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 124: 35-50 [48] (Polykatianna incorrectly given as genus for litorea and litorea luteaterga)

Distribution

Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Abundant in both marine and inland terrestrial habitats.

General References

Greenslade, P. 1990. Terrestrial invertebrates (excluding parasites and mites) of Macquarie Island. pp. 264-266 in Selkirk, P.M., Seppelt, R.D. & Selkirk, D.R. (eds). Subantarctic Macquarie Island: Environment and Biology. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division. [108] (biology)

Greenslade, P. & van Klinken, R.D. 1994. Marine littoral and coastal Collembola on the subantarctic Macquarie Island. Annales Zoologici Fennici 195: 58-61 [60] (distribution (Macquarie Is.) and ecology)

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