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Species Entomobrya unostrigata Stach, 1930

Cotton Springtail

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Eyre Peninsula, SA.

Introduced from United States of America (potentially).


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

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

  • United States of America
    • California

Palaearctic Region

  • Bulgaria
  • Italy
  • Spain

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Exotic pastures, arable land, urban situations.

 

General References

Greenslade, P. 1995. A review of the biology, taxonomy and pest status of Entomobrya unostrigata (Collembola: Entomobryidae) — an introduced species of agricultural land in Australia. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 64: 245-259 (Biology)

Greenslade, P. 1995. Report on invertebrates of the Marble Range region, Eyre Peninsula. South Australian Naturalist 69(3-4): 4-8 [10] (Distribution: Eyre Peninsula)

Greenslade, P. & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (ecology)

Greenslade, P.J.M. & Greenslade, P. 1973. Epigaeic Collembola and their activity in a semi-arid locality in southern Australia during summer. Pedobiologia 13: 227-235 (as Entomobrya sp., ecology)

Ireson, J.E. 1993. Activity and pest status of surface-active Collembola in Tasmanian field crops and pastures. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 155-167

Jordana, R. & Greenslade, P. 2020. Biogeographical and ecological insights from Australasian faunas: the megadiverse collembolan genus, Entomobrya (Entomobryidae). Zootaxa 4770(1): 1-104 [77, Figs 3J, 6A, 41A–F]

King, K.L., Greenslade, P. & Hutchinson, K.J. 1985. Collembolan associations in natural versus improved pastures of the New England Tableland NSW: distribution of native and introduced species. Australian Journal of Ecology 10: 421-427 (ecology)

Majer, J.D. & Greenslade, P. (co-ordinators) 1988. Soil and litter invertebrates. pp. 197-226 in Specht, R.L. (ed.). Mediterranean Ecosystems. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publications. (adaptations)

 

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)
01-Jul-2020 ENTOMOBRYIDAE Schäffer, 1896 19-May-2020 MODIFIED
28-Feb-2013 28-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)