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Species Hypogastrura viatica (Tullberg, 1872)

Sewage Springtail

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.


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

SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

  • Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: SE coastal
    • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Algae feeder, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Saline conditions near coast, sewage beds, disturbed habitats; restricted to the marine littoral zone and strictly coastal habitats.

 

General References

Gama, M.M. da 1986. Systématique évolutive des Xenylla. XIV. Espèces provenant de Thaïland, Bornéo, Australie et Norfolk, Galápagos, Mexique et Curaçao (Insecta: Collembola). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93: 271-277

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division. [86] (biology)

Greenslade, P. & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (key, ecology)

Greenslade, P. & van Klinken, R.D. 1994. Marine littoral and coastal Collembola on the subantarctic Macquarie Island. Annales Zoologici Fennici 195: 58-61 [60] (distribution (Macquarie Is.) and ecology)

Greenslade, P.J. 1991. Collembola (Springtails). pp. 252-264 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp.

Ireson, J.E. 1993. Activity and pest status of surface-active Collembola in Tasmanian field crops and pastures. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 155-167

King, K.L., Greenslade, P. & Hutchinson, K.J. 1985. Collembolan associations in natural versus improved pastures of the New England Tableland NSW: distribution of native and introduced species. Australian Journal of Ecology 10: 421-427 (ecology)

Lawrence, P.N. 1961. Variation in Hypogastrura (H.) viatica (Tullberg, 1872) (Collembola). The Entomologist 1961: 151-154 (morphology)

Lawrence, P.N. 1962. A review of Bagnall's Hypogastrura types (Collembola). Entomologist's Gazette 13: 132-151 [144] (extralimital synonymy)

Mertens, J., Coessens, R. & Blanquaert, J.P. 1983. Reproduction and development of Hypogastrura viatica (Collembola) in relation to temperature and submerged conditions. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 20(4): 567-577 (ecology, physiology)

Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [234] (extralimital synonymy)

Vanderkraan, C. 1971. Some aspects of field dependent distribution in a population of Hypogastrura viatica Tullb. 1872. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 8: 99-102 (ecology)

Vanderkraan, C. & Peternel Vrengdenhil, A. 1973. Presence and accessibility of food for Hypogastrura viatica Tullb. 1872 (Collembola: Hypogastruridae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 23: 125-129 (ecology)

Womersley, H. 1936. Further records and descriptions of Australian Collembola. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(4): 475-485 (Macquarie Is.)

 

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)
28-Feb-2013 28-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)