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Genus Paraxenylla Murphy, 1965

  • Paraxenylla Murphy, D.H. 1965. Collembola Poduromorpha from the Gambia (West Africa). Journal of Zoology, London 146: 388-411 [392] [proposed as a subgenus of Xenylla Tullberg, 1869].
    Type species:
     Xenylla (Paraxenylla) mangle Murphy, 1965 by original designation (= Xenylla affiniformis Stach, 1929).
  • Haloxenylla Gama, M.M. da & Deharveng, L. 1984. Haloxenylla, nouveau genre halophile de Collembole Hypogastruridae. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 120: 131-136 [131] [junior subjective synonym of Paraxenylla Murphy, 1965].
    Type species:
     Xenylla affiniformis Stach, 1929 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Culik, M. & Deharveng, L. 1986. First records of the marine intertidal collembolan Xenylla affiniformis (Hypogastruridae) for North America. Entomological News 97: 201-202 [202]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Europe, Africa, N 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

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: S Gulfs

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Distribution References

  • Gama, M.M. da & Deharveng, L. 1984. Haloxenylla, nouveau genre halophile de Collembole Hypogastruridae. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 120: 131-136 (publication date of Xenylla affiniformis Stach 1929 incorrectly given as 1930)

General References

Palacios-Vargas, J.G. & Jannsens, F. 2006. Two new American species of Paraxenylla (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) and ecological notes. Zootaxa 1312: 37-47