Collembola fauna of the South Shetland Islands revisited

A review of the collembolan fauna of the South Shetland Islands is presented. Cryptopygus nanjiensis Yue & Tamura is synonymized with C. antarcticus Willem. A record of Tullbergia mediantarctica Wise from King George Island is considered a misidentification of Tullbergia mixta Wahlgren and Tilli...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: Greenslade, Penelope
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
Subjects:
04 Earth Sciences
Cryptopygus
Folsomotoma
Friesea
Hypogastrura
Invasive species
Protaphorura
Quarantine controls
Tillieria
Tullbergia
King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
antarcticus
Online Access:http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/59946
https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200999071X
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Summary:A review of the collembolan fauna of the South Shetland Islands is presented. Cryptopygus nanjiensis Yue & Tamura is synonymized with C. antarcticus Willem. A record of Tullbergia mediantarctica Wise from King George Island is considered a misidentification of Tullbergia mixta Wahlgren and Tillieria penai Weiner & Najt, described from the same island, is synonymized with T. mixta. The current fauna stands at eleven species, of which at least three are introduced. A checklist of Collembola currently considered to occur in the South Shetland Islands is supplied with distributional data.

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