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Species Spongovostox subapterus (Kirby, 1891)

Spingolabis subaptera Kirby, W.F. 1891. A revision of the Forficulidae, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 23: 502-531 1 pl. [527].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, omnivore, predator, terrestrial.

General References

Kirby, W.F. 1896. Descriptions of new species of Forficulidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), S. Kensington. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 25: 520-529 [529, pl. 20 fig. 12] (male habitus, abdomen)

Popham, E.J. & Brindle, A. 1967. Genera and species of the Dermaptera. 5. Spongiphorinae and Labiinae. The Entomologist 100: 255-262 [259] (list)

Sakai, S. 1982. A new proposed classification of the Dermaptera with special reference to the check-list of the Dermaptera of the World. Bulletin of Daito Bunka University. Tokyo 20: 1-108 [41] (list)

Sakai, S. 1992. Dermapterorum Catalogus. XXIV: Iconographia VIII. A Basic Survey for Integrated Taxonomy of the Dermaptera of the World. Tokyo : Ikegami Book Co. Vol. XXIV pp. iv 3930-4690. [4321, 4517, 4626] (synonymy, literature, morphology, habitus)

Steinmann, H. 1976. A study of the higher taxa of the Labiidae (Dermaptera). Zoologischer Anzeiger 197: 401-418 [416]

Steinmann, H. 1979. A survey of the zoogeography of Labiidae (Dermaptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 26: 275-298 [293] (distribution)

Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [549] (catalogue)

Steinmann, H. 1990. Dermaptera. Eudermaptera I. Das Tierreich 106: xviii 1-558 [391, figs 713-714] (description, male genitalia)

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)