Genus Sinella Brook, 1882
- Sinella Brook, G. 1882. On a new genus of Collembola (Sinella) allied to Degeeria Nicolet. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 541-545 [543].
Type species:
Sinella curviseta Brook, 1882 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan; in SA on Eyre Peninsula
Distribution References
- Chen, J.X. & Christiansen, K. 1993. The genus Sinella with special reference to Sinella s.s. (Collembola: Entomobryidae) of China. Oriental Insects 27: 1-54 [3] (also, p. 2, erroneously quotes Entomobrya cunicicola Pritchard, 1932—synonymised with Sinella termitum Schött, 1917 in Womersley (1939) [174]—as described from Australia not New Zealand)
- Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola. Vols 1 & 2. Entomologiske Meddelelser 7: 1-144, 145-644 [436] (also extralimital synonymy)
- Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, Springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer 322 pp. 1 pl [174]
General References
Greenslade, P. 1995. Report on invertebrates of the Marble Range region, Eyre Peninsula. Nature Conservation Society of South Australia Survey Report. South Australian Naturalist 69(4-8): 10-16 [10]
Qu, J., Chen, J.-X. & Greenslade, P. 2007. Australian species of Sinella (Coecobrya) Josii, 1956 (Collembola: Entomobryidae). Journal of Natural History 41(21-24): 1301-1311 (includes key to Australian species)
Yosii, R. 1956. Höhlencollembolen Japans II. Japanese Journal Zoology 11: 609-627 [publication date established from Ellis, W.N. & Bellinger, P.F. 1973. An annotated list of the generic names of Collembola (Insecta) and their type species. Monog. Ned. Entomol. Ver. 7: 1–74] [622] (recognised Coecobrya as subgenus of Sinella)