Collembola fauna of the South Shetland Islands revisited

• 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

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.