Species Xenylla obscura Imms, 1912

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• Xenylla obscura Imms, A.D. 1912. On some Collembola from India, Burma, and Ceylon, with a catalogue of the oriental species of the order. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912: 80-125 [84, pl. VI, figs 5-9].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) IM 4390/16 16 specimens, Simla, altitude 7,000 ft, India; BMNH 1912–495 2 specimens, Simla, altitude 7,000 ft, India.

  Secondary source:

   Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

W Plateau, S Gulfs, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal, NT, SA, QLD.

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Microvore.

General References

Gama, M.M. da 1980. Evolutionary systematics of Xenylla. XI. Species from the Australian region (Insecta: Collembola). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18(5): 123-129 [dated 1979] (as Xenylla sp. op. obscura Imms, 1912)

Gama Assalino, M.M. & Greenslade, P. 1981. Relationships between the distribution and phylogeny of Xenylla (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) species in Australia and New Zealand. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 18(2): 269-284 (as Xenylla cf obscura Imms, 1912, biogeography): <0014> (as obscurus)

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