Species Folsomia candida Willem, 1902
White Springtail
- Folsomia candida Willem, V. 1902. Note préliminaire sur les Collemboles des Grottes de Han et de Rochefort. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 46: 275-283 [280].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Rochefort Cave, Belgium.Type locality references:
Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644. - Entomobrya emeraldica Rayment, T. 1937. Biology of a new halictine bee and specific descriptions of its parasities. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 30-60 [59].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC 9930, Emerald, VIC.
Paratype(s) DEIB. - Folsomia distincta Bagnall, R.S. 1939. Notes on British Collembola. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 75: 21-58, 56-59, 91-102, 188-200 [27].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Dulwich Wood Park, S.E. 19, London, England.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH.Subsequent designation references:
Lawrence, P.N. 1973. The species of Folsomia Willem, 1902 (Collembola) described by Bagnall. Entomologist's Gazette 24: 349-361.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lawrence, P.N. 1973. The species of Folsomia Willem, 1902 (Collembola) described by Bagnall. Entomologist's Gazette 24: 349-361 [349]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Probably cosmopolitan; Jenolan, N.S.W.
IBRA
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
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: troglophile.
Cave dweller, soil dweller, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Horticultural and urban environments in nests of vertebrates and invertebrates.
General References
Amelsvoort, P.A.M. van & Usher, M.B. 1989. Egg production related to food quality in Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae): effects on life history strategies. Pedobiologia 33: 61-66
Booth, R.G. & Anderson, J.M. 1979. The influence of fungal food quality on the growth and fecundity of Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae). Oecologia (Berlin) Berl. 38: 317-323
Greenslade, P. 2002. Systematic composition and distribution of Australian Cave collembolan faunas with notes on exotic taxa. Helictite, Journal of Australasian Cave Research 38(1): 11-15 [13] (Distribution: Jenolan, NSW; Ecology: cave dweller)
Greenslade, P. & Majer, J.D. 1980. Collembola of rehabilitated mine sites in Western Australia. pp. 397-408 in Dindal, D. (ed.). Soil Biology as Related to Land Use Practices. Proceedings 7th Colloquium of Soil Zoology. New York : Environmental Protection Agency.
Greenslade, P.J. 1991. Collembola (Springtails). pp. 252-264 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp.
Hutson, B.R. 1978. Effects of variations of the plaster-charcoal culture method on a collembolan, Folsomia candida. Pedobiologia 18: 138-144 (life history)
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
Womersley, H. 1937. On the Collembolan (Entomobrya emeraldica Rayment, 1937) from Victoria. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 296 [296] (extralimital synonymy)
Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl. (part synonymy and Australian identification, as Folsomia fimetaria Linnaeus)
History of changes
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