Species Brachystomella pescotti (Womersley, 1942)

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Species Brachystomella pescotti (Womersley, 1942)

Pseudachorutes pescotti Womersley, H. 1942. New genera, species and records of Collembola from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 23-31 [23] [this species may be synonymous with Brachystomella disputa Greenslade & Najt but the types are not in good enough condition to confirm this, Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19–138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 22. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xii 188 pp. (44)].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA I22391, Cumberland (4,000 ft), VIC.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA I22392.
Subsequent designation references:
Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp. [44] (selected from Womersley slide material of same locality, date and collector as given in original description).
Secondary source:
Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

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

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

General References

Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp. [44] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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)
28-Feb-2013		28-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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