Species Arcitalitrus sylvaticus (Haswell, 1879)
- Talitrus sylvaticus Haswell, W.A. 1879. On Australian Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 245-279 pls 7-12 [246, pl. 7 fig. 1].
Type data:
Neotype AM P60950 ♀ 12.0 mm, Nurragingy Reserve, Rooty Hill, Sydney, NSW [33°46'S 150°51'E].
Generic Combinations
- Arcitalitrus sylvaticus (Haswell, 1879). —
Bousfield, E.L. 1982. The amphipod superfamily Talitroidea in the northeastern Pacific region. I. Family Talitridae: Systematics and distributional ecology. National Museum of Canada, Publications in Biological Oceanography 11: i-vii, 1-73 [55]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Talitrus (Arcitalitrus) sylvaticus Haswell, 1879. —
Hurley, D.E. 1975. A possible subdivision of the terrestrial genus Talitrus (Crustacea Amphipoda: family Talitridae). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records 2(14): 157-170 [161]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Apparently introduced to several localities in and around San Francisco, California, USA [this species has been confused with various other talitrids and distributional records need to be revised].
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Abundant in cryptozoic habitats of the forest floor, in Australia occurring on the drier ridges.
General References
Bousfield, E.L. 1982. The amphipod superfamily Talitroidea in the northeastern Pacific region. I. Family Talitridae: Systematics and distributional ecology. National Museum of Canada, Publications in Biological Oceanography 11: i-vii, 1-73
Bousfield, E.L. & Carlton, J.T. 1967. New records of Talitridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the central California coast. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 66: 277-284
Friend, J.A. 1979. Two new terrestrial species of Talitrus (Amphipoda: Talitridae) from Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 113: 85-98 (regarded AM G5423 as types, but this is erroneous because the registered locality of these specimens does not correspond with the type locality)
Lazo-Wasem, E.A. 1983. Additional records of the terrestrial amphipod Arcitalitrus sylvaticus (Haswell, 1880) in California, U.S.A. Crustaceana 45(2): 213-214
Lazo-Wasem, E.A. 1984. Physiological and behavioural ecology of the terrestrial amphipod Arcitalitrus sylvaticus (Haswell, 1880). Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(3): 343-355
Peart R. & Lowry J. K. 2006. The amphipod genus Arcitalitrus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) of New South Wales forests, with descriptions of six new species. Records of the Australian Museum 58: 97-118 [105] (description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 18-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 22-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 14-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 30-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |