Species Lepidosira (Lepidosira) gupta Howard, 1969

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• Lepidosira gupta Howard, G.D. 1969. A new species of Lepidosira Schött (Collembola: Entomobryidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 189-191 [189] [this species is probably synonymous with Lepidosira flavocincta (Schött, 1917) sensu Womersley, see 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; Womersley, H. 1937. New species and records of Australian Collembola. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 51: 154–157; Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl.; Womersley, H. 1942. New genera, species and records of Collembola from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 23–31].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I22378, Mt Burr Forest Reserve, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA I22379; SAMA I22380.

  Secondary source:

   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; Womersley, H. 1937. New species and records of Australian Collembola. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 51: 154-157; Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl.; Womersley, H. 1942. New genera, species and records of Collembola from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 23-31.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Forest, leaf litter, Pinus radiata litter.

 

General References

Greenslade, P. 1986. Small Arthropods. pp. 144-153 in Wallace, H.R. (ed.). The Ecology of the Forests and Woodlands of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer.

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. [98] (this species probably belongs in Lepidocyrtoides Schött, 1917)

Greenslade, P. & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (ecology, as Lepidocyrtoides gupta (Howard, 1969))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Feb-2013		28-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)