Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871)

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Species Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871)

  • Sminthurus caecus Tullberg, T. 1871. Förteckning öfver Svenska Podurider. Öfvers. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 28(1): 143-155 [146] [as cæcus].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, ?Uppland, Sweden.
    Compiled from 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

S Gulfs, Murray-Darling Basin, SE Coastal, N.S.W., S.A.


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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones, humid disturbed sites.

 

General References

Gough, H. 1973. On variation in Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg) (Collembola: Sminthuridae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 108: 205-209

King, K.L., Greenslade, Penelope & 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)

Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [571] (extralimital synonymy)