Subspecies Metoligotoma tasmanica tasmanica Davis, 1938

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Subspecies Metoligotoma tasmanica tasmanica Davis, 1938

Metoligotoma tasmanica tasmanica Davis, C. 1938. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part III: Revision of the genus Metoligotoma, with descriptions of new species, and other notes on the family Oligotomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 226-272 [246].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, summit of Mt Nelson, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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

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

Gregarious, herbivore, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Subsocial, among dead leaves or on and between boulders.

General References

Davis, C. 1940. Taxonomic notes on the Order Embioptera. XIX. Genera not previously discussed. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65: 525-532 [528] (list)

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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