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Genus Acanthocyrtus Handschin, 1925

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Genus Acanthocyrtus Handschin, 1925

  • Acanthocyrtus Handschin, E. 1925. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Collembolenfauna der Sundainseln. Treubia 6: 225-270 [236].
    Type species:
     Lepidocyrtus (Lepidocyrtoides) spinosus Schött, 1917 by original designation.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical, Australasian; Eyre Peninsula.


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

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

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

General References

Greenslade, P. 1995. Report on invertebrates of the Marble Range region, Eyre Peninsula. South Australian Naturalist 69(3-4): 4-8 [10] (Distribution: Eyre Peninsula)

Zhang, F., Deharveng, L., Greenslade, P. & Chen, J.-X. 2009. Revision of Acanthocyrtus (Collembola: Entomobryidae), with description of a new genus from eastern Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 495-514 (revision of genus)