Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Ballistura Börner, 1906

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Genus Ballistura Börner, 1906

  • Ballistura Börner, C. 1906. Das System der Collembolen nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 23: 147-188 [172] [introduced as a subgenus of Proisotoma Börner, 1901].
    Type species:
     Isotoma schoetti Dalla Torre, 1895 by original designation (as schotti).
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Ellis, W.N. & Bellinger, P.F. 1973. An annotated list of the generic names of Collembola (Insecta) and their type species. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 7: 1-74.
  • Clavisotoma Ellis, W.N. 1970. Proisotoma filifera Denis in Holland, with a note on its classification (Collembola, Isotomidae). Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 30: 18-24 [21] [first introduced as subgenus of Proisotoma Börner, 1901].
    Type species:
     Proisotoma tuberculata Stach, 1947 by original designation.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Ellis, W.N. & Bellinger, P.F. 1973. An annotated list of the generic names of Collembola (Insecta) and their type species. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 7: 1-74.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Potapov, M., Babenko, A. & Fjellberg, A. 2006. Taxonomy of the Proisotoma complex. Redefinition of genera and description of new species of Scutisotoma and Weberacantha (Collembola, Isotomidae). Zootaxa 132: 1-74

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Probably 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

NSW, SA, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, SA, Tas, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA, 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
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Tasmania
    • 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 [348] (also full generic synonymy in Europe)