An antarctic biogeographical anomaly resolved: the true identity of a widespread species of Collembola

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Author: Greenslade, Penelope
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Friesea grisea; Biodiversity; Short-range endemism; Subantarctic; Friesea fantaba n. sp; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Enderby Land; Polar Biology; Springtail
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/250999; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2261-1; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/250999/3/01_Greenslade_An_antarctic_biogeographical_2018.pdf.jpg

Springtails and mites are the most abundant and species rich micro arthropods in the Antarctic and species tend to be short-range endemics. It was thought that the Springtail (Collembola), Friesea grisea (Schäffer) was an exception. It was described briefly nearly 150 years ago from South Georgia an...