Species Megalanura tasmaniae (Lubbock, 1899)

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• Anoura tasmaniae Lubbock, J. 1899. On some Australasian Collembola. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 334-338 [335].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (on 11 slides), TAS.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, tall closed forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

In rotting logs.

 

General References

Dendy, A. 1901. Note on the distribution of some Australasian Collembola. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 33: 97-98 (distribution)

Greenslade, P. 1991. Notes on Australian Uchidanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae). Chapter 1.8. pp. 63-65 in Veeresh, G.K., Rajagopal, D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (eds). Advances in Management and Conservation of Soil Fauna. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pty Ltd.

Greenslade, P.J. 1991. Collembola (Springtails). pp. 252-264 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp.

Womersley, H. 1937. On the distribution of the Collembola of the genus Ceratrimeria Börner with special reference to the Tasmanian and New Zealand species described by Lubbock in 1899. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 40: 373-382

 

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)