Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Dicyrtoma </I>sp.

Dicyrtoma sp.

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Family DICYRTOMIDAE Börner, 1906


Compiler and date details

Penelope Greenslade, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Introduction

This family should was treated as a subfamily of the Sminthuridae by Richards (1968) but not by more recent authors. Of the seven known genera, two occur in Australia and are represented by four species. The distribution of the family is predominantly Oriental. There are undescribed species in Australia, particularly in humid areas. Species tend to be epigaeic and are found on vegetation in moist forests or in the upper layers of leaf litter, and on tree trunks. The three species described by Womersley in Dictyrtomina Börner may belong to a different and possibly new genus, since certain characters they possess are inconsistent with their generic placement.

 

Diagnosis

Characterised by: thorax I reduced and without setae, mandibular plate present, postantennal organ absent, thorax II to abdomen IV more or less fused and globular, antennal segment IV much shorter than III.

 

Systematics

sensu Deharveng 2004

 

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-Jun-2018 COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870 03-May-2018 MODIFIED Dr Alice Wells
28-Feb-2013 28-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)