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Genus Temeritas Delamare-Deboutteville & Massoud, 1963

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Genus Temeritas Delamare-Deboutteville & Massoud, 1963

  • Temeritas Delamare-Deboutteville, C. & Massoud, Z. 1963. Collemboles Symphypléones. pp. 169–289 in, Biologie de l'Amérique Australe Paris : CNRS Vol. 2 [276] [the concept of this genus, as well as its name, is partly based on an unpublished thesis by Richards, W.R. 1956. Generic classification, evolution and biogeography of the Sminthuridae of the world (Collembola). PhD Thesis. Illinois : University of Illinois. and published in summary form as Richards, W.R. 1968. Generic classification, evolution and biogeography of the Sminthuridae of the world (Collembola). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 53: 1–54, 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].
    Type species:
     Sminthurus macroceros Denis, 1933 by original designation.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Richards, W.R. 1956. Generic classification, evolution and biogeography of the Sminthuridae of the world (Collembola). PhD Thesis. Illinois : University of Illinois; Richards, W.R. 1968. Generic classification, evolution and biogeography of the Sminthuridae of the world (Collembola). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 53: 1-54; 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.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

S and Central America, tropical Africa, Ils of W Pacific, Indo-China.


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, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Madagascar

Australian Region

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

Neotropical Region

  • Mexico

Oriental Region

  • China (People's Republic)
  • India

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

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