Species Bourletiella hortensis (Fitch, 1863)

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Species Bourletiella hortensis (Fitch, 1863)

Garden Springtail

Sminthurus hortensis Fitch, A. 1863. Collembola. pp. 668–675 in, Eighth report on the noxious and other insects of the State of New York. [reprinted in Trans. U.S. Agric. Soc. 22: 186–193 (186)] [668] [as Smynthurus, incorrect original spelling].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (probably lost; P. Bellinger, in litt., 26 Feb. 1984), New York, USA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Probably cosmopolitan.

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, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

In exotic pastures, gardens, lawns and field crops, vegetables.

General References

Folsom, J.W. 1934. Redescriptions of North American Sminthuridae. Journal of Science (Iowa State College) 8: 461-485 [466] (taxonomy)

Gisin, H. 1960. Collembolenfauna Europas. Geneva : Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 312 pp. [286] (extralimital synonymy)

Greenslade, P. & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292

Ireson, J.E. 1993. Activity and pest status of surface-active Collembola in Tasmanian field crops and pastures. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 155-167

Salmon, J.T. 1965. An index to the Collembola. Vol. 3. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7: 645-651 [612] (extralimital synonymy)

History of changes

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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