Species Drepanura cobaltina (Schött, 1917)

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• Entomobrya cobaltina 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 [18].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM 1008 marked specimen, Yarrabah, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM 1008 marked specimen.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), 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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Leaf litter.

General References

Edmonds, S.J. & Specht, M.M. 1981. Dark Island heathland, South Australia: faunal rythms. pp. 15-27 in Specht, M.M. (ed.). Heathlands and Related Shrublands of the World, B. Analytical Studies. Amsterdam : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.

Greenslade, P., Margules, C.R. & Adomeit, E.M. 1991. 1.7. Distribution of Collembola in Eucalyptus forest in southeastern Australia. pp. 53-62 in Veeresh, G.K., Rajagopal, D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (eds). Advances in Management and Conservation of Soil Fauna. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pty Ltd.

Ma, Y., Chun, Z. & Greenslade, P. 2015. The genus Drepanura (Collembola: Entomobryidae) in Australia: descriptions of two new species and redescriptions of five known species. Zootaxa 4058(3): 373-387 [383] (redescribed, new record from NT)

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