Species Corynephoria cassida Womersley, 1932

Museums

Regional Maps

• Corynephoria cassida Womersley, H. 1932. The Collembola-Symphypleona of Australia: A preliminary account. CSIRO Pamphlet No. 34. Melbourne : Government Printer 47 pp. [34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I22464 ♀, Mount Canning River, Como, Perth, WA (as Commio by Womersley on slide label of type).
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA I22463 3♀; WADA SL 41 tube 388 3 specimens; WAM 32–2647 5 specimens.

  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. [121].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Native grasses.

 

General References

Greenslade, P. 1977. A re-examination of the genus Corynephoria Absolon (Collembola: Sminthuridae). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 14(1): 241-256

Greenslade, P. & Majer, J.D. 1980. Collembola of rehabilitated mine sites in Western Australia. pp. 397-408 in Dindal, D. (ed.). Soil Biology as Related to Land Use Practices. Proceedings 7th Colloquium of Soil Zoology. New York : Environmental Protection Agency.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Feb-2013		28-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Nov-2012	MODIFIED