Species Ptenothrix vittata (Folsom, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Papirius vittatus Folsom, J.W. 1896. Two new species of Papirius. The Canadian Entomologist 28: 119-121 [119].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ, greenhouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• Ptenothrix fasciatus Womersley, H. 1932. The Collembola-Symphypleona of Australia: A preliminary account. CSIRO Pamphlet No. 34. Melbourne : Government Printer 47 pp. [40].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I22467 ♂, Government Gardens, Perth, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂ (on slide with lectotype and 1 specimen in alcohol); ANIC (in alcohol).

  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. [138].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Yosii, R. & Lee, C. 1963. On some Collembola of Korea, with notes on the genus Ptenothrix. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University 15: 1-37 [30]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

 

General References

Folsom, J.W. 1934. Redescriptions of North American Sminthuridae. Journal of Science (Iowa State College) 8: 461-485 [475] (taxonomy)

Stach, J. 1957. The Apterygotan fauna of Poland in relation to the world-fauna of this group of insects. Families: Neelidae and Dicyrtomidae. Cracow : Pol. Akad. Nauk Pt 7 113 pp. 9 pls. [82] (as fasciata)

 

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)