Genus Tomocerus Nicolet, 1842
- Tomocerus Nicolet, H. 1842. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des Podurelles. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 6: 1-88 [31, 67] [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: 667, Opinion 239].
Type species:
Macrotoma minor Lubbock, 1862 by designation under Plenary Powers, see ICZN 1954. Opinion 239. Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of type species for the nominal genera Podura Linnaeus, 1758, and Tomocerus Nicolet, [1842] (Class Insecta, Order Collembola) in harmony with accustomed nomenclatorial usage. In, Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 4(29): 361-372.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Europe, Russia, North America.
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
Nearctic Region
Palaearctic Region
- Iceland
- Japan
General References
Christiansen, K. 1964. A revision of the Nearctic members of the genus Tomocerus (Collembola Entomobryidae). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 1: 639-678
Massoud, Z. & Ellis, W.N. 1974. Considérations sur les genres Tomocerus et Pogonognathellus (Collembola, Insecta). Pedobiologia 14: 292-299 (extralimital synonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 28-Feb-2013 | 28-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |