Genus Entomobrya Rondani, 1861
- Entomobrya Rondani, C. 1861. Entomobrya pro Degeeria Nic. p. 40 in Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Parmae: Alexandr Stocche Vol. 4. [40] [nom. nov. for Degeeria Nicolet, 1842; validated under the plenary powers and placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: 1045, Opinion 440].
Type species:
Degeeria muscorum 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 [178].Secondary source:
Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644. - Degeeria Nicolet, H. 1842. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des Podurelles. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 6: 1-88 [70] [junior homonym of Degeeria Meigen, 1838 (Diptera)].
- Degeeria 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. ; placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology: 834, Opinion 440].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
ENTOMOBRYIDAE: Entomobrya clitellaria Guthrie, 1903 — Womersley, H. 1933. A preliminary account of the Collembola-Arthropleona of Australia. Part I Superfamily Poduroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 48-71 (misidentification based on figures in Womersley by <0460>); Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl. (misidentification based on figures in Womersley by <0460>)
ENTOMOBRYIDAE: Entomobrya emeraldica Rayment, 1927 — Womersley, H. 1937. On the Collembolan (Entomobrya emeraldica Rayment, 1937) from Victoria. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 296
- Other Excluded
ENTOMOBRYIDAE: Entomobrya albocincta Templeton, 1835 [Introduced species, but not recorded since 1937 so may have been extirpated] — Jordana, R. & Greenslade, P. 2020. Biogeographical and ecological insights from Australasian faunas: the megadiverse collembolan genus, Entomobrya (Entomobryidae). Zootaxa 4770(1): 1-104 [19]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- California
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
- Java
Palaearctic Region
- Bulgaria
- Italy
- Spain
Distribution References
- Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [442] (also for extralimital synonymy)
General References
Jordana, R. 2005. A proposal of characters for taxonomic identification of Entomobrya species (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha), with description of a new species. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 76(2): 117-134 [119]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 03-Mar-2022 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE Schäffer, 1896 | 19-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-Nov-2020 | COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE Schäffer, 1896 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Jun-2018 | COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells |
| 28-Sep-2017 | COLLEMBOLA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Apr-2017 | COLLEMBOLA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Apr-2017 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Apr-2017 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Apr-2017 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Apr-2017 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Apr-2017 | ENTOMOBRYIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 28-Feb-2013 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |