Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912

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Genus Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912

  • Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, W.M. 1912. Die Apterygotenfauna Finlands. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 40: 1-359 [248] [proposed as a subgenus of Sminthurides Börner, 1900].
    Type species:
     Sminthurus pumilis Krausbauer, 1898 by monotypy.
    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.
  • Asphyrotheca Stach, J. 1956. The Apterygotan fauna of Poland in relation to the world-fauna of this group of insects. Family: Sminthuridae. Cracow : Pol. Akad. Nauk Pt 6 287 pp. 33 pls [205].
    Type species:
     Sphyrotheca sphaera Salmon, 1946 by original designation.
  • Indotheca Stach, J. 1956. The Apterygotan fauna of Poland in relation to the world-fauna of this group of insects. Family: Sminthuridae. Cracow : Pol. Akad. Nauk Pt 6 287 pp. 33 pls [206].
    Type species:
     Sphyrotheca biniserrata Salmon, 1951 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Betsch, J.M. 1980. Éléments pour une monographie des Collemboles Symphypléones. (Hexapodes, Aptérygotes). Mémoires du Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris Zool. 116: 1-227 [127]
  • 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)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan; Eyre Peninsula.


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

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

  • Betsch, J.M. 1980. Éléments pour une monographie des Collemboles Symphypléones. (Hexapodes, Aptérygotes). Mémoires du Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris Zool. 116: 1-227