Species Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860)

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Species Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860)

Dicyrtoma pygmaeus Wankel, H. 1860. Beiträge zur Fauna der Mährischen Höhlen. Lotos. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 10: 201-206 [203].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Slouper, Katherine Caves, Czech Republic.
Secondary source:
Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644.
Sminthurinus binoculatus Börner, C. 1901. Über einige theilweise neue Collembolen aus den Höhlen der Gegend von Letmathe in Westfalen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24(645): 333-345 [343].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (probably lost from ZMH in World War II), Letmathe Cave, Westfalen, Germany.
Secondary source:
Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Christiansen, K. 1961. The genus Arrhopalites (Collembola: Sminthuridae) in the United States and Canada. International Journal of Speleology 2: 43-83 [64]

Generic Combinations

Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860). —
Vargovitsh, R.S. 2009. New cave Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Crimea (Ukraine). Zootaxa 2047: 1-47

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

In Australia known only from Long Gully, SA (doubtful indentification).

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: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

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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