History of changes

• Cyphoda Delamare-Deboutteville, C. 1948. Recherches sur les Collemboles termitophiles et myrmécophiles (écologie, éthologie, systématique). Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 85: 261-425 214 figs [360] [gender feminine, although treated as masculine by its author; the type species spelt marocana in designation but maroccana in description of species].

  Type species:

   Cyphoda maroccana Delamare-Deboutteville, 1948 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Africa, Asia and Europe.

IBRA

NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

• Cyphoderus nichollsi Womersley, H. 1934. A preliminary account of the Collembola-Arthropleona of Australia. Part II Superfamily Entomobryoidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 86-138 [129].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I22279, Kalamunda, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Inquiline (with ants).

General References

Gray, B. 1974. Associated fauna found in nests of Myrmecia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 21: 289-300

Greenslade, P. 1978. Collembola. pp. 114–123 in Low, W.A. (ed.). The physical and biological features of Kunoth Paddock in Central Australia. CSIRO Div. Land Res. Manag. Tech. Pap No. 4.

Greenslade, P.J. 1991. Collembola (Springtails). pp. 252-264 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp.

History of changes

• Cyphodurus Nicolet, H. 1841. Note sur la Desoria saltans, insecte de la famille des Podurelles. Bibliotèque Universelle des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts, Genève 32: 383-387 [384] [nom. nud.].
• Cyphodeirus Nicolet, H. 1842. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des Podurelles. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 6: 1-88 [63] [incorrect original spelling; placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology: 104, Opinion 291].
• Cyphoderus Nicolet, H. 1847. Essai sur une classification des insectes aptères de l'ordre des Thysanures. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5(2): 335-395 2 pls [382] [emendation of Cyphodeirus Nicolet, 1842; placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: 717, Opinion 291].

  Type species:

   Cyphodeirus albinus Nicolet, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Börner, C. 1903. Über neue Altweltliche Collembolen, nebst Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Isotominen und Entomobryinen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1903(3): 129-182.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [533]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CYPHODERIDAE: Cyphoderus bidenticulatus Paronana, 1888 — Delamare-Deboutteville, C. 1948. Recherches sur les Collemboles termitophiles et myrmécophiles (écologie, éthologie, systématique). Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 85: 261-425 214 figs

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Distribution References

History of changes

• Cyphoderus adelaideae Womersley, H. 1934. A preliminary account of the Collembola-Arthropleona of Australia. Part II Superfamily Entomobryoidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 86-138 [129].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I22280, Burnside, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA.

  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. [109].

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Inquiline (with termites).

History of changes

• Cyphoderus pseudalbinus Schött, H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 15. Collembola. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(8): 1-60 4 pls [50].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM 4169, Laura, N QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM 4168; SAMA 921; SAMA I22284 2 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. [109].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Inquiline (with termites).

History of changes

• Mimoderus Yoshii, R. 1980. Cyphoderid Collembola of Sabah. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University 26: 1-16 [11].

  Type species:

   Mimiderus saikehi Yoshii, 1980 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Borneo, French Guinea.

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)
• Malaysia
  • Sarawak
• Vietnam

Distribution References

History of changes

• Cyphoderus serratus Schött, H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 15. Collembola. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(8): 1-60 4 pls [52].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM 4166, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM 4167; SAMA 1 specimen (in alc.).

  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. [109].

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Borneo, French Guinea.

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)
• Malaysia
  • Sarawak

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Inquiline (with termites).

General References

Yoshii, R. 1992. Interim report of the taxonomic researches toward the Collembolan Family Cyphoderidae. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University 28: 99-118 [114] ([this name probably includes two species of which one may be in the genus Cythoderus.])

History of changes