Genus Sminthurinus Börner, 1901

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Regional Maps

• Sminthurinus Börner, C. 1901. Über einige theilweise neue Collembolen aus den Höhlen der Gegend von Letmathe in Westfalen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24(645): 333-345 [344] [senior objective synonym of Sminthurella Houlbert, 1924, see 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; placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: 2004, Opinion 1027].

  Type species:

   Sminthurus niger Lubbock, 1868 by subsequent designation, see ICZN 1974. Opinion 1027. Sminthurinus Börner, 1901 (Insecta, Collembola): Designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 31: 184-185

  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.

 

Excluded Taxa

SMINTHURIDAE: Sminthurinus niger igniceps Reuter, 1881, see Greenslade, Penelope & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (based on comparison of Australian and European material).

SMINTHURIDAE: Sminthurinus aureus aureus Lubbock, 1862, see Greenslade, Penelope & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (based on comparison of Australian and European material).

SMINTHURIDAE: Sminthurinus aureus ochropus Reuter, 1891, see Greenslade, Penelope & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (based on comparison of Australian and European material) [Confirmed by Greenslade (1994: 131)].

SMINTHURIDAE: Sminthurinus aureus signatus Krausbauer, 1896, see Greenslade, Penelope & Ireson, J.E. 1986. Collembola of the southern Australian culture steppe and urban environments: a review of their pest status and key to identification. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 273-292 (based on comparison of Australian and European material).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
• Subantarctic Islands
  • Kerguélen Island

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

General References

Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp.

Greenslade, P. 2006. Invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Kingston, Hobart : The Australian Antarctic Division [109] (biology)