Species Isotomurus palustris (Müller, 1776)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Podura palustris Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae at Norvegiae Indigenarum. Havniae 274 pp. [184].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Denmark.
• Proisotomurus papillatus 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 [94].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I22295, Guildford, 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. [79] (selected from Womersley's mounted specimens labelled 'cotype').

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [111]
• 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. [79] (synonymy of Proisotomurus papillatus Womersley with species group is now uncertain)

 

Generic Combinations

• Isotomurus palustris (Müller, 1776). —
  Potapov, M. 2001. Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola. Volume 3. Isotomidae. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 73(2): 1-603 [324] (Raised to species level)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Pastures of exotic grasses, lawns, other disturbed, humid habitats.

 

General References

Cassagnau, P. 1987. À propos des types de coloration chez Isotomurus palustris (Müller) (Collemboles). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 24: 85-89

Cassagnau, P. & Lauga-Reyrel, F. 1987. Les caractéristiques de l'écomorphose chez le Collembole Isotomurus palustris (Müller). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 24: 197-211 (ecomorphosis)

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

McQuillan, P.B. & Ireson, J.E. 1982. Some aspects of the invertebrate fauna and its role in Tasmania pastures. pp. 101-106 in Lee, K.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide 30 Nov.–4 Dec. 1981. Adelaide : S.A. Government Printer.

Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [362] (extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Apr-2017	ISOTOMIDAE	13-Jul-2016	MODIFIED
28-Feb-2013		28-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)