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Genus Folsomotoma Bagnall, 1949

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Genus Folsomotoma Bagnall, 1949

  • Folsomotoma Bagnall, R.S. 1949. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Isotomidae (Collembola). VII–XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 2: 82-96 [90].
    Type species:
     Isotoma (Isotoma) bioculata Womersley, 1934 by original designation.
  • Sorensia Salmon, J.T. 1949. New sub-antarctic Collembola. Cape Expedition Series Bulletin. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 4: 1-56 [22].
    Type species:
     Sorensia subflava Salmon, 1949 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Greenslade, Penelope 1986. Identity and synonymy of Isotoma (Folsomotoma) Bagnall (Isotomidae). pp. 54-59 in Dallai, R. (ed.). Second International Seminar on Apterygota. Siena : University of Siena [54]

 

Excluded Taxa

ISOTOMIDAE: Sorensia subflava Salmon, 1949, see Watson, K.C. 1967. The terrestrial Arthropoda of Macquarie Island. ANARE Scientific Reports Series B(1) Zoology 99: 1-89 (incorrectly identified from Macquarie Island); Wise, K.A.J. 1970. Collembola of Heard Island. Pacific Insects Monographs 23: 209-215 (incorrectly identified from Heard Island); Greenslade, Penelope 1986. Additions to the Collembola fauna of Heard Island. Records of the South Australian Museum 19: 91-96; Greenslade, Penelope & Wise, K.A.J. 1986. Collembola of Macquarie Island. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 23: 67-97.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Subantarctic Ils and S South America.


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

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

  • Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Victoria: SE coastal
  • New Zealand

Neotropical Region

Distribution References

  • 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 [90]
  • Greenslade, Penelope 1989. Genera of Isotomidae with spined dentes from southern regions. pp. 107-118 in Dallai, R. (ed.). Third International Seminar on Apterygota. Sienna : University of Sienna [107]

General References

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division [99] (biology)