Genus Cryptopygus Willem, 1901

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• Cryptopygus Willem, V. 1901. Les Collemboles recueillis par l'expédition Antarctique Belge. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 45: 260-262 [261].

  Type species:

   Cryptopygus antarcticus Willem, 1901 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.
• Isotomina Börner, C. 1903. Über neue Altweltliche Collembolen, nebst Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Isotominen und Entomobryinen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1903(3): 129-182 [140] [introduced as a subgenus of Isotoma Bourlet, 1939].

  Type species:

   Isotoma (Isotomina) agreni Börner, 1903 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.
• Australomia Bagnall, R.S. 1949. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Isotomidae (Collembola). VII–XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 2: 82-96 [91].

  Type species:

   Folsomia loftyensis Womersley, 1934 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

• Massoud, Z. & Rapoport, E.H. 1968. Collemboles Isotomides d'Amerique du Sud et de l'Antarctique. pp. 307–337 in, Biologie de l'Amerique Australe. PANS : CNAS Vol. 4 [315]
• Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [378]
• Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp. [67]

 

Excluded Taxa

ISOTOMIDAE: Cryptopygus crassus Carpenter, 1909, see Wise, K.A.J. 1967. Collembola (Springtails). Antarctic Research Series 10: 123-148 [134].

ISOTOMIDAE: Cryptopygus reagens Enderlein, 1909, see Deharveng, L. 1981. Collemboles des Îles subantarctiques de l'Ocean Indien. Mission J. Travé 1972–1973 pp. 33–108. in, Biologie des Sols. Comité Natl. Fr. Rech. Antarc. 48: 1–169 [35]; Greenslade, Penelope 1986. Additions to the Collembola fauna of Heard Island. Records of the South Australian Museum 19: 91-96.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
• Subantarctic Islands
  • Crozet Islands
  • Kerguélen Island
  • Marion & Prince Edward Island

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal
• New Zealand

Neotropical Region

Distribution References

General References

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division [92] (biology)

Stevens, M.I., Greenslade, P., Hogg, I.D. & Sunnucks, P. 2006. Southern hemisphere springtails: could any have survived glaciation of Antarctica. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23(5): 874-882