Species Entomobrya varia Schött, 1917

Museums

Regional Maps

• Entomobrya varia 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 [11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM 1206 marked specimen, Logan village, QLD [27.76848°S, 153.1076°E].
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM 1206 marked specimen; NHRM 1027; SAMA 10 specimens (in alcohol); MONZ ca. 6 specimens (labelled paratypes by J.T. Salmon).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp. [94].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Atherton, QLD; New Britain.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: 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), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Under bark on low vegetation.

 

General References

Jordana, R. & Greenslade, P. 2020. Biogeographical and ecological insights from Australasian faunas: the megadiverse collembolan genus, Entomobrya (Entomobryidae). Zootaxa 4770(1): 1-104 [79, Figs 3K, 6B, 42A–G]

Yoshii, R. & Greenslade, P. 1994. Reconnaissance of some entomobryid Collembola of Australia. Azao 3: 1-22 [3] (Distribution: Atherton, Qld)

 

History of changes

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)