Species Folsomotoma punctata (Wahlgren, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Isotoma punctata Wahlgren, E. 1906. Antarktische und subantarktische Collembolen gesammelt von der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 5(9): 1-22 [14].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM 6 specimens (in alcohol), Tierra del Fuego or Falkland Ils.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Isotoma (Parisotoma) octooculata Willem, 1901 [misidentification]. —
  Greenslade, P. 1986. Additions to the Collembola fauna of Heard Island. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 91-96
• Sorensia subflava Salmon, 1949 [misidentification, see Greenslade (1986) and Greenslade & Wise (1986)]. —
  Watson, K.C. 1967. The terrestrial Arthropoda of Macquarie Island. ANARE Scientific Reports Series B(1) Zoology 99: 1-90 pls 1-12 (misidentification)
  Greenslade, P. 1986. Additions to the Collembola fauna of Heard Island. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 91-96 [97]
  Greenslade, P. & Wise, K.A.J. 1986. Collembola of Macquarie Island. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 23: 67-97

Distribution

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Soil, leaf litter; predominantly inland terrestrial species.

General References

Deharveng, L. 1981. Collemboles des Îles subantarctiques de l'Ocean Indien. Mission J. Travé 1972–1973 pp. 33–108. in, Biologie des Sols. Comité Natl. Fr. Rech. Antarc. 48: 1–169.

Greenslade, P. 1986. Additions to the Collembola fauna of Heard Island. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 91-96

Greenslade, P. 1986. Identity and synonymy of Isotoma (Folsomotoma) Bagnall (Isotomidae). pp. 54-59 in Dallai, R. (ed.). Second International Seminar on Apterygota. Siena : University of Siena.

Greenslade, P. 1989. Genera of Isotomidae with spined dentes from southern regions. pp. 107-118 in Dallai, R. (ed.). Third International Seminar on Apterygota. Siena, Italy, August 21-26, 1989. University of Siena.

Greenslade, P. 1990. Notes on the biogeography of the free-living terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Macquarie Island with an annotated checklist. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 124: 35-50 (Macquarie Is.)

Greenslade, P. 1990. Terrestrial invertebrates (excluding parasites and mites) of Macquarie Island. pp. 264-266 in Selkirk, P.M., Seppelt, R.D. & Selkirk, D.R. (eds). Subantarctic Macquarie Island: Environment and Biology. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Greenslade, P. 1995. Terrestrial invertebrates recorded in the Territory. Appendix 4. In Heard Island Wilderness Reserve Management Plan, Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories. 52-53 pp. [52] (Distribution: Heard Is.)

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division. [99] (biology)

Greenslade, P. & van Klinken, R.D. 1994. Marine littoral and coastal Collembola on the subantarctic Macquarie Island. Annales Zoologici Fennici 195: 58-61 [60] (distribution (Macquarie Is.) and ecology)

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