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Genus Onychiurus Gervais, 1841

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Genus Onychiurus Gervais, 1841

  • Onychiurus Gervais, P. 1841. Designation of type and description of genus Onychiurus. Echo du Monde Savant 8: 372 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: 722, Opinion 291].
    Type species:
     Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758 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

  • 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 [37]

 

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

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Distribution References

  • Greenslade, Penelope & Wise, K.A.J. 1984. Additions to the Collembolan fauna of the Antarctic. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 203-205
  • Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644

General References

Weiner, W.M. 1996. Generic Revision of Onychinurinae (Collembola: Onychiuridae) with a Cladistic Analysis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 32(2): 163-200 [187]