Species Acerentulus sexspinatus Womersley, 1936

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Species Acerentulus sexspinatus Womersley, 1936

Acerentulus sexspinatus Womersley, H. 1936. A new species of Protura from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 72: 65-66 [65] [Tuxen, S.L. 1967. Australian Protura, their phylogeny and zoogeography. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 5: 1–53 (18) states 'Womersley described this species from Noarlunga in South Australia and Porongorup in Western Australia…The specimens from Porongorup, however, belong to Gracilentulus tasmanicus mihi and Berberentulus nitidus Imad. & Yos. or are indeterminable.'].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA I122244 ♀, Onkaparinga River, near Noarlunga, SA.
Subsequent designation references:
Tuxen, S.L. 1961. Re-examination of the species Protura described by H. Womersley. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 63-106 [102].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

In moss.

General References

Tuxen, S.L. 1964. The Protura. A revision of the species of the world with keys for determination. Actualités Sci. Industr. No. 1311 Problèmes d'écologie. Paris : Hermann 360 pp. [217] (taxonomy)

Tuxen, S.L. 1967. Australian Protura, their phylogeny and zoogeography. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 5: 1-53 [18] (taxonomy)

Womersley, H. 1939. Protura. pp. 279-289 in Womersley, H. (ed.). Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer. [286] (taxonomy, distribution)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
07-Aug-2012	07-Aug-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012	07-Aug-2012	MOVED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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