Species Hemisotoma thermophilus (Axelson, 1900)
- Isotoma thermophila Axelson, W.M. 1900. Vorläufige Mittheilung über einige neue Collembolen-Formen aus Finnland. Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 26: 105-123 [114].
Type data:
Lectotype UZMH, Helsinfors, N Helsinki, Finland.Subsequent designation references:
Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644.Type locality references:
Vilkamaa, P. 1988. Lists of insect types in the Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki. 6. Collembola. Acta Entomologica Fennica 52: 1-8. - Proisotoma (Isotomina) sexoculata 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 [97].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA I22312 (labelled Cryptopygus thermophilus (Axelson) det. P. Lawrence, 1977), Crawley, WA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA.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. [70]. - Isotoma linnaniemia 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 [103] [three localities were listed in the original description but no type locality was designated].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I22303 (labelled Cryptopygus thermophilus (Axelson) det. P. Lawrence, 1977), Crawley, WA. - Isotoma decemoculata Womersley, H. 1935. On some new species and records of Australian and New Zealand Collembola. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 59: 207-218 [216] [invalid replacement name].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA I22306 ♀ (labelled Cryptopygus thermophilus (Axelson) by P. Lawrence, 1977), Glen Osmond, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens.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. [70] (selected from specimens mounted by Womersley labelled 'paratypes'; holotype not found nor designation published; it is likely that Womersley erred in labelling the specimens paratypes instead of cotypes). - Isotoma pentomma Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl. [165] [nom. nov. for Isotoma decemoculata Womersley, 1935].
- Isotomina womersleyi Stach, J. 1947. The Apterygotan fauna of Poland in relation to the world-fauna of this group of insects. Family: Isotomidae. Cracow : Pol. Acad. Sci. Lett. Pt 1 488 pp. 13 pls. [268] [nom. nov. for Isotoma decemoculata Womersley, 1935].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [69] (based on examination of types by P.N. Lawrence, pers. comm.)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Probably cosmopolitan; Broken Hill; Eyre Peninsula; White Mountains National Park [ref B2].
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Microvore.
General References
Al-Safadi, M.M. 1988. Observations on the behaviour of Cryptopygus thermophilus Axelson (Collembola: Isotomidae). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 25: 333-341 (behaviour)
Carruthers, G.F., Walker, P.W., Greenslade, P., & Hooper, G.H.S. 2000. Impact of aerially applied fenitrothion on the collembolan fauna of arid grasslands of inland Australia. Australian Plague Locust Commission Research Reports. 51-60 pp. (Distribution: Broken Hill)
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. 1995. Report on invertebrates of the Marble Range region, Eyre Peninsula. South Australian Naturalist 69(3-4): 4-8 [10] (Distribution: Eyre Peninsula)
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. & Thompson, C.H. 1981. Collembola from the Cooloola-Noosa River area, Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 92: 11-19
Ireson, J.E. 1984. The effectiveness of Bdellodes lapidaria (Kramer) (Acari: Bdellidae) as a predator of Smithurus viridis (L.) (Collembola: Sminthuridae) in North West Tasmania. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 185-191
Ireson, J.E. 1993. Activity and pest status of surface-active Collembola in Tasmanian field crops and pastures. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 155-167
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
King, K.L., Hutchinson, K.J. & Greenslade, P. 1976. The effects of sheep numbers on associations of Collembola in sown pastures. Journal of Applied Ecology 13: 731-739
Majer, J.D. & Koch, L.E. 1982. Seasonal activity of hexapods in woodland and forest leaf litter in the south-west of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65: 37-45 (as Cryptopygus thermophilus, ecology)
History of changes
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