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Genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900

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Genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900

  • Megalothorax Willem, V. 1900. Un type nouveau de Sminthuridae: Megalothorax. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 44: 7-10 [7].
    Type species:
     Neelus minimus Willem, 1900 by monotypy (= Megalothora minimus Willem, 1900).

 

Excluded Taxa

NEELIDAE: Megalothorax minimus Willem, 1900, see Bonet, F. 1948. Monografia da la familia Neelidae (Collembola). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 8: 131-203.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan; Eyre Peninsula, Great Barrier Reef


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

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • 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

General References

Greenslade, P. 1995. Report on invertebrates of the Marble Range region, Eyre Peninsula. South Australian Naturalist 69(3-4): 4-8 [10] (Distribution: Eyre Peninsula)

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division [115] (biology)