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Genus Entomobrya Rondani, 1861

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Genus Entomobrya Rondani, 1861

  • Entomobrya Rondani, C. 1861. Entomobrya pro Degeeria Nic. p. 40 in Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Parmae: Alexandr Stocche Vol. 4 [40] [nom. nov. for Degeeria Nicolet, 1842; validated under the plenary powers and placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: 1045, Opinion 440].
    Type species:
     Degeeria muscorum Nicolet, 1842 by subsequent designation, see 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 [178]
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644.
  • Degeeria Nicolet, H. 1842. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des Podurelles. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 6: 1-88 [70] [junior homonym of Degeeria Meigen, 1838 (Diptera)].
    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.
  • Degeeria Nicolet, H. 1841. Note sur la Desoria saltans, insecte de la famille des Podurelles. Bibliotèque Universelle des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts, Genève 32: 383-387 [384] [nom. nud. ; placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology: 834, Opinion 440].

 

Excluded Taxa

ENTOMOBRYIDAE: Entomobrya clitellaria Guthrie, 1903, see Womersley, H. 1933. A preliminary account of the Collembola-Arthropleona of Australia. Part I Superfamily Poduroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 48-71 (misidentification based on figures in Womersley by <0460>); Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl (misidentification based on figures in Womersley by <0460>).

ENTOMOBRYIDAE: Entomobrya emeraldica Rayment, 1927, see Womersley, H. 1937. On the Collembolan (Entomobrya emeraldica Rayment, 1937) from Victoria. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 296.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

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

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

  • United States of America
    • California

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
    • Java

Palaearctic Region

  • Bulgaria
  • Italy
  • Spain

Distribution References

  • Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [442] (also for extralimital synonymy)

General References

Jordana, R. 2005. A proposal of characters for taxonomic identification of Entomobrya species (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha), with description of a new species. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 76(2): 117-134 [119]