Species Australiatelura tasmanica (Silvestri, 1949)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Atopatelura tasmanica Silvestri, F. 1949. Nuove specie di Lepismatidae (Insecta Thysanura) termitofile e mirmecofile. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 9: 32-39 [35].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) IEA ♂ ♀ (in alcohol and as slide preparation), Hobart, TAS; AMSA numerous specimens, various localities in the Hobart region.

Generic Combinations

• Australiatelura tasmanica (Silvestri, 1949). —
  Mendes, L.F. 1995. A review of the Thysanura of Israel with new data on the Microcoryphia and Zygentoma. pp. 87-110 in Nitzu, E., Decu, V., Por, F.D. & Dimentman, C. (eds). Soil Fauna of Israel. Bucarest : Editura Academiei Române 155 pp. [98]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal (host(s): Colobopsis gasseri Forel, 1894 [FORMICIDAE]).

General References

Smith, G.B. 2016. On some Silverfish Taxa from Tasmania (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae and Nicoletiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 68(2): 45–80 [46–53] (redescription)

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