Species Folsomides sexophthalma (Womersley, 1934)
- Proisotoma (Isotomina) sexophthalma Womersley, H. 1934. A preliminary account of the Collembola-Arthropleona of Australia. Part II Superfamily Entomobryoidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 86-138 [100].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA I22314 ♀, National Park, (John Forrest), Perth, WA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂ 6♀ (one ♀ on slide with lectotype).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. [73].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, SE coastal, W plateau
- Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, low open woodland, low shrubland, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Microvore.
General References
Greenslade, P. 1974. Ecological and zoogeographical notes on Collembola of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Pedobiologia 14: 256-265
Greenslade, P. 1981. Survival of Collembola in arid environments: observations in South Australia and the Sudan. Journal of Arid Environments 4: 219-228
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
Suhardjono, Y.R. & Greenslade, P. 1994. Folsomides arnoldi n. sp. (Isotomidae): a new Collembolan abundant in arid Australia, with a redescription of Folsomides denisi (Womersley). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 114: 21-27
History of changes
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| 28-Feb-2013 | 28-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |