Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Gracilentulus gracilis (Berlese, 1908)

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Species Gracilentulus gracilis (Berlese, 1908)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Europe, probably cosmopolitan.


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

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • South Africa

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Palaearctic Region

  • Morocco

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Leaf litter of Eucalyptus and Daviesia.

 

General References

Aldaba, J. 1985. Contribución al conocimiento de la familia Acerentomidae (Protura: Insecta) del País Vasco. II Géneros Acerella Berlese, Acerentomon Silvestri, Gracilentulus Tuxen y Proacerella Bernard. Munibe 37: 87-100 [94] (taxonomy)

Condé, B. 1956. Protura. pp. 57-59 in Hanström, B., Brink, P. & Rudebeck, G. (eds). South African Animal Life. Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell Vol. II. [58] (redescription)

Szeptycki, A. 1969. Materials to the fauna of Protura of Poland. (Materialy do fauny Protura Polski). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia Engl. Trans. 14: 281-307 [291] (distribution)

Tuxen, S.L. 1956. Neues ueber die von Berlese beschriebenen Proturen. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 41: 227-258 [238] (redescription)

Tuxen, S.L. 1963. Art- und Gattungsmerkmale bei den Proturen. Entomologiske Meddelelser 32: 84-98 [96] (nov. comb.; synonymy with Acerentulus mediocris Berlese, 1909)

Tuxen, S.L. 1964. The Protura. A revision of the species of the world with keys for determination. Actualités Sci. Industr. No. 1311 Problèmes d'écologie. Paris : Hermann 360 pp. [296] (taxonomy)

Tuxen, S.L. 1967. Australian Protura, their phylogeny and zoogeography. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 5: 1-53 [34] (distribution)

Tuxen, S.L. 1977. Protura (Insecta) from Angola and Nigeria with a key to subsaharan Protura. Publicaçoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 89: 177-193 [177] (distribution)

Tuxen, S.l. 1982. The Protura (Insecta) of Madeira. Bocagiana 65: 1-20 [12] (taxonomy, distribution)

 

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)
07-Aug-2012 07-Aug-2012 MOVED
07-Aug-2012 07-Aug-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)