Species Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903

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Species Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903

Megalothorax incertus Börner, C. 1903. Über neue Altweltliche Collembolen, nebst Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Isotominen und Entomobryinen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1903(3): 129-182 [160].
Type data:
Syntype(s) DEIB 3 specimens, Botanical Gardens, Palermo, Sicily.
Secondary source:
Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644.
Neelus swani Womersley, H. 1932. The Collembola-Symphypleona of Australia: A preliminary account. CSIRO Pamphlet No. 34. Melbourne : Government Printer 47 pp. [12].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC 9915 ♀, Crawley, Perth, WA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA I22515–22518.
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. [116].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bonet, F. 1948. Monografia da la familia Neelidae (Collembola). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 8: 131-203 [169]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

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, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, terrestrial.

General References

Bornemissza, G.F. 1957. An analysis of arthropod succession in carrion and the effect of its decomposition on the soil fauna. Australian Journal of Zoology 5: 1-12

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)
28-Feb-2013		28-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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