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Mayvan MM, Greenslade P, Sadeghi-Namaghi H. An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran. Zootaxa 2023; 5275:1-101. [PMID: 37518100 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Based on available literature sources, we have listed the genera and species of springtails (Collembola) of Iran located in Southwest Asia. In total, 301 named species of Collembola are listed in catalogue. This includes 286 described species in 109 genera from 20 families recorded from Iran. Of them, 15 species are also considered as dubious species. It also includes 15 genera whose species are still unknown. Information about biology, geographical distribution, ecology, authorship records for different provinces, and bibliographical data of Iranian Collembola are included.
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- Mahmood Mehrafrooz Mayvan
- Department of Plant Protection; Faculty of Agriculture; Ferdo wsi University of Mashhad; Mashhad; Razavi Khorasan; Iran.
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- Institute of Biology and Ecology; Faculty of Science; Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice; Košice; Šrobárova 2; 04154 Košice; Slovakia.
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- School of Science; Psychology and Sport; Federation University; Ballarat; Victoria 3353; Australia; School of Biology; Australian National University; Australian Capital Territory.
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Bellini BC, Greenslade P, Baquero E, Jordana R, DE Souza PGC. A synthesis of the current knowledge on the Australian Orchesellidae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea). Zootaxa 2022; 5115:221-257. [PMID: 35391371 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The Australian Orchesellidae includes only 11 nominal species in four genera: Australotomurus Stach, 1947, Alloscopus Brner, 1906, Heteromurus Wankel, 1860, and Falcomurus Mandal, 2018. Here we describe Dicranocentrus dolosus sp. nov. from Cocos and Keeling Islands, the first species of the genus to be recorded from Australia. The new species is similar to D.inermodentes (Uchida, 1944) and D.indicus Bonet, 1930, but differs from both by the combination of the ventral head, mesothoracic and dental chaetotaxy. We also revisit Australotomurus based on previous studies to better interpret the dorsal macrochaetotaxy of the genus, and provide a synthetic map of chaetae to guide future studies on scaleless Orchesellidae. Finally, we present updated diagnoses to all genera and species of Australian Orchesellidae, as well as an identification key to all species.
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- Bruno Cavalcante Bellini
- Laboratory of Collembola, Department of Botany and Zoology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Highway BR-101, Lagoa Nova, Campus Universitario, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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- Environmental Management, School of Life and Health Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat, Vic. 3353, Australia. 3School of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, ACT 0200, Australia..
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- University of Navarra, Faculty of Sciences, Institute for the Biodiversity and Enviroment (BIOMA) and Department of Environmental Biology, University Campus, 31080, Pamplona, Spain..
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- University of Navarra, Faculty of Sciences, Institute for the Biodiversity and Enviroment (BIOMA) and Department of Environmental Biology, University Campus, 31080, Pamplona, Spain..
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- Laboratory of Collembola, Department of Botany and Zoology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Highway BR-101, Lagoa Nova, Campus Universitario, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil..
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Mayvan MM, Sadeghi-Namaghi H, Shayanmehr M, Greenslade P. An annotated catalog of Iranian Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola): new records and key to species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Mateos E, Greenslade P. EDUARDO MATEOS amp; PENELOPE GREENSLADE (2021) Towards understanding Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) II: new Australian species, Zootaxa, 4981: 365387. Zootaxa 2021; 4999:600. [PMID: 34811320 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.6.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Eduardo Mateos
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia y Cincies Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028Barcelona, Spain. Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain..
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- Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box Australian Capital Territory, Australia..
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Mateos E, Greenslade P. Towards understanding Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) II: new Australian species. Zootaxa 2021; 4981:365387. [PMID: 34186720 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The genus Lepidocyrtus Bourlet is currently considered to consist of eight subgenera of which Setogaster Salmon is one. Here we describe three new species in this subgenus, L. agricolus sp. nov., L. coorongensis sp. nov., and L. nashi sp. nov. It appears to be the most widespread and numerically dominant subgenus of Lepidocyrtus in Australia. The three new species live in different habitats and in different parts of the continent. It is assumed they are endemic species, one is likely to be a short range endemic. The characters and a list of species of the Lepidocyrtus praecisus-group, and an identification key for the Australian species of genus Lepidocyrtus are provided.
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- Eduardo Mateos
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia y Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona, Spain. Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain..
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- Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box Australian Capital Territory, Australia..
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Greenslade P, Weiner WM. Taxonomic papers on Collembola in Zootaxa, 2001 to 2020. Zootaxa 2021; 4979:215217. [PMID: 34187003 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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We summarise here publications on Collembola in the journal Zootaxa over the years 2001 to 2020 and include numbers and nationalities of authors and referees. We also list numbers of new species and genera described. For a relatively small pool of taxonomists, we conclude their output has been considerable and Zootaxa has provided a useful vehicle in which to publish their research findings. Of interest, is the shift away from a Eurocentric origin of authors to a Chinese and Brazilian one. Reasons for this change are suggested.
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Environmental Management, School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; School of Biology, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia.
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland;.
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Stevens MI, Greenslade P, D’Haese CA. Species diversity in
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(Neanuridae) reveals similar biogeographic patterns among Antarctic Collembola. ZOOL SCR 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Mark I. Stevens
- Biological and Earth Sciences South Australian Museum Adelaide SA Australia
- School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Environmental Management School of Science, Psychology and Sport Federation University Ballarat VIC Australia
- School of Biology Australian National University Canberra ACT Australia
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- MECADEV UMR 7179 CNRS MNHN Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris France
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Greenslade P. Corrections to the description of Tasmanura (Pseudachorutinae). Zootaxa 2020; 4894:zootaxa.4894.2.7. [PMID: 33311086 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.2.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The original description of the Tasmanian endemic genus Tasmanura Womersley was based on a misunderstanding of its gross morphology. This probably led to a misidentification of the genus from South Africa. To prevent similar misidentifications, the genus is redescribed here from the holotype and comments made on its distribution and habitat as well as current and future risks to its persistence.
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Centre for Environmental Management, School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University, PO Box 663, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia. Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, ACT 0200, Australia..
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Mayvan MM, Greenslade P. Isotomurus graminis Fjellberg (Collembola: Isotomidae) new for Iran, key to Iranian species in genus with comment on the validity of photographic records. Zootaxa 2020; 4838:zootaxa.4838.3.10. [PMID: 33056819 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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As part of a comparison of the collembolan fauna in soil of forest, grasslands and broadacre agriculture in north east Iran, several pale green specimens were found that complied with all characters of Isotomurus prasinus (Reuter, 1891) and keyed out as such in Potapov (2001) except that the body covering consisted of smooth mesochaetae and not ciliated chaetae as are present in prasinus according to Potapov (2001). On a more extensive examination of the recent literature, it was clear that the Iranian specimens belonged to the species Isotomurus graminis Fjellberg, 2007 described six years later. In his description, Fjellberg (2007) notes that some specimens of the new species could have previously been identified as I. prasinus in spite of having a different chaetotaxic covering. He also notes that, in a number of characters, it is identical with Isotomurus unifasciatus (Börner, 1901) but the colour differentiates them as this latter species usually has a broad, pigmented, longitudinal dorsal stripe.
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- Mahmood Mehrafrooz Mayvan
- Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. Centre of Environmental Management, School of Science, Psychology and Sport Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia..
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Medeiros GDS, Greenslade P, Bellini BC. The Rare Richardsitas Betsch (Collembola, Symphypleona, Sminthuridae): A New Species from Australia with Comments on the Genus and on the Sminthurinae. Insects 2020; 11:E519. [PMID: 32796507 PMCID: PMC7469147 DOI: 10.3390/insects11080519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Richardsitas Betsch is a small genus of Sminthurinae with only two species described so far, both from Madagascar. It resembles other Sminthurinae with long antennae, especially Temeritas Richards. Here we provide the first record of Richardsitas from Australia, Richardsitas subferoleum sp. nov., which is similar to R. najtae Betsch and R. griveaudi Betsch in males' large abdomen chaetotaxy and presence of tenent-hairs on tibiotarsi II-III, but lacks mucronal chaeta and has 28 segments on the fourth antennal segment plus a unique pair of sensilla on the second. We also provide an updated genus diagnosis to Richardsitas, a key to its species, a discussion of the affinities of Temeritas and Richardsitas to other Sminthurinae, and an updated key to this subfamily.
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- Gleyce da S. Medeiros
- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Laboratório de Collembola, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte—UFRN. BR 101, Lagoa Nova, Campus Universitário, Natal 59072-970, Brazil
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- School of Science, Psychology and Sports, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC 3353, Australia;
- Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Laboratório de Collembola, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte—UFRN. BR 101, Lagoa Nova, Campus Universitário, Natal 59072-970, Brazil
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Jordana R, Greenslade P. Biogeographical and ecological insights from Australasian faunas: the megadiverse collembolan genus, Entomobrya (Entomobryidae). Zootaxa 2020; 4770:zootaxa.4770.1.1. [PMID: 33055632 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4770.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Originally the genus Entomobrya (Collembola: Entomobryidae) comprised 25 species names in Australia including 7 subspecies of which 13 were exotic (50%) and the rest native. All native species had been either described by H. Schött or H. Womersley and had not been examined since 1942. Specific characters they used were few, mainly colour pattern and gross morphological features such as unguis, unguis teeth and mucronal form. Chaetotaxic characters have now been developed. We now here recognise 47 species of Australian Entomobrya and Hymalanura based on a large collection made over 50 years. Six species (12%) are now recognised as introduced, 37 are new and three unresolved because of lack of specimens in good condition. Detailed descriptions and figures are supplied. Several new species are short-range endemics of conservation significance, others are specialised as to habitat, but most are widespread. Entomobrya is now the most species rich genus of Australian Collembola. A phylogenetic tree based on morphological and biological characters revealed clusters of exotic and montane habitat specialists, indicating that the genus is paraphyletic and so confirms other authors' work based on molecular characters. A key is supplied to Australian genera of Entomobryomorpha. A new genus record, Himalanura, is recognised extending its range to the Southern Hemisphere and 5,000 km further southeast.
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- Rafael Jordana
- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Spain..
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Sun X, Yu D, Xie Z, Dong J, Ding Y, Yao H, Greenslade P. Phylomitogenomic analyses on collembolan higher taxa with enhanced taxon sampling and discussion on method selection. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0230827. [PMID: 32282807 PMCID: PMC7153868 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Collembola are a basal group of Hexapoda renowned for both unique morphological characters and significant ecological roles. However, a robust and plausible phylogenetic relationship between its deeply divergent lineages has yet to be achieved. We carried out a mitophylogenomic study based on a so far the most comprehensive mitochondrial genome dataset. Our data matrix contained mitogenomes of 31 species from almost all major families of all four orders, with 16 mitogenomes newly sequenced and annotated. We compared the linear arrangements of genes along mitochondria across species. Then we conducted 13 analyses each under a different combination of character coding, partitioning scheme and heterotachy models, and assessed their performance in phylogenetic inference. Several hypothetical tree topologies were also tested. Mitogenomic structure comparison revealed that most species share the same gene order of putative ancestral pancrustacean pattern, while seven species from Onychiuridae, Poduridae and Symphypleona bear different levels of gene rearrangements, indicating phylogenetic signals. Tomoceroidea was robustly recovered for the first time in the presence of all its families and subfamilies. Monophyly of Onychiuroidea was supported using unpartitioned models alleviating LBA. Paronellidae was revealed polyphyletic with two subfamilies inserted independently into Entomobryidae. Although Entomobryomorpha has not been well supported, more than half of the analyses obtained convincing topologies by placing Tomoceroidea within or near remaining Entomobryomorpha. The relationship between elongate-shaped and spherical-shaped collembolans still remained ambiguous, but Neelipleona tend to occupy the basal position in most trees. This study showed that mitochondrial genomes could provide important information for reconstructing the relationships among Collembola when suitable analytical approaches are implemented. Of all the data refining and model selecting schemes used in this study, the combination of nucleotide sequences, partitioning model and exclusion of third codon positions performed better in generating more reliable tree topology and higher node supports than others.
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- Xin Sun
- J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- * E-mail: ,
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Environmental Management, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
- Division of Biology, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Carapelli A, Greenslade P, Nardi F, Leo C, Convey P, Frati F, Fanciulli PP. Evidence for Cryptic Diversity in the "Pan-Antarctic" Springtail Friesea antarctica and the Description of Two New Species. Insects 2020; 11:insects11030141. [PMID: 32106429 PMCID: PMC7143604 DOI: 10.3390/insects11030141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The invertebrate terrestrial fauna of Antarctica is being investigated with increasing interest to discover how life interacts with the extreme polar environment and how millions of years of evolution have shaped their biodiversity. Classical taxonomic approaches, complemented by molecular tools, are improving our understanding of the systematic relationships of some species, changing the nomenclature of taxa and challenging the taxonomic status of others. The springtail Friesea grisea has previously been described as the only species with a “pan-Antarctic” distribution. However, recent genetic comparisons have pointed to another scenario. The latest morphological study has confined F. grisea to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, from which it was originally described, and resurrected F. antarctica as a congeneric species occurring on the continental mainland. Molecular data demonstrate that populations of this taxon, ostensibly occurring across Maritime and Continental Antarctica, as well as on some offshore islands, are evolutionarily isolated and divergent and cannot be included within a single species. The present study, combining morphological with molecular data, attempts to validate this hypothesis and challenges the taxonomic status of F. antarctica, suggesting that two additional new species, described here as Friesea gretae sp. nov. and Friesea propria sp. nov., are present in Continental Antarctica.
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- Antonio Carapelli
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy; (F.N.); (C.L.); (F.F.); (P.P.F.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0577-234-410
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- Environmental Management, School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC 3350, Australia;
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy; (F.N.); (C.L.); (F.F.); (P.P.F.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy; (F.N.); (C.L.); (F.F.); (P.P.F.)
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- British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK;
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy; (F.N.); (C.L.); (F.F.); (P.P.F.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy; (F.N.); (C.L.); (F.F.); (P.P.F.)
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Environmental Management, School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat, Australia
- Department of Biology, Australian National University, Australia
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We describe here two new species, Zhuqinia jingwanae, gen. & sp. nov. and Paronellides praefectus, sp. nov., both from Mount Twynam, New South Wales, Australia. The systematic position of Zhuqinia, gen. nov. in relation to other paronellids is not clear because the new genus possesses pointed, heavily striated scales similar to species of Callyntrurini. However, unlike species in that tribe, it lacks dental scales. Instead, Zhuqinia, gen. nov. is more similar to the unscaled genus Paronellides (Cremastocephalini) in other characters (abundant tergal macrochaetae, 2, 2|1, 2, 2, ?, 3 tergal S-chaetae, moderately long mucro with two teeth, etc.) but body scales are absent in all species of Paronellides. Multilocus phylogeny shows Zhuqinia, gen. nov. clustering with Paronellides rather than Callyntrurini or other Cremastocephalini genera. This study provides new information on the relationships between paronellid taxa, and changes the current higher classification of the family, particularly that of the tribes Cremastocephalini and Callyntrurini. As the new genus is known only from two peaks in the Snowy Mountain range, our data emphasise the role of montane areas as refugia for short-range endemic taxa.
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Kwok ABC, Greenslade P. Western myall groves ( Acacia papyrocarpa) determine the fine-scale distribution of soil Collembola in semi-arid South Australia. AUSTRAL ECOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alan. B. C. Kwok
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Centre of Environmental Management, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science and Technology; Federation University; Ballarat Victoria Australia
- Department of Biology; Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- South Australian Museum; Adelaide South Australia Australia
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Greenslade P, Florentine SK, Hansen BD, Gell PA. Biases encountered in long-term monitoring studies of invertebrates and microflora: Australian examples of protocols, personnel, tools and site location. Environ Monit Assess 2016; 188:491. [PMID: 27473106 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5478-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Monitoring forms the basis for understanding ecological change. It relies on repeatability of methods to ensure detected changes accurately reflect the effect of environmental drivers. However, operator bias can influence the repeatability of field and laboratory work. We tested this for invertebrates and diatoms in three trials: (1) two operators swept invertebrates from heath vegetation, (2) four operators picked invertebrates from pyrethrum knockdown samples from tree trunk and (3) diatom identifications by eight operators in three laboratories. In each trial, operators were working simultaneously and their training in the field and laboratory was identical. No variation in catch efficiency was found between the two operators of differing experience using a random number of net sweeps to catch invertebrates when sequence, location and size of sweeps were random. Number of individuals and higher taxa collected by four operators from tree trunks varied significantly between operators and with their 'experience ranking'. Diatom identifications made by eight operators were clustered together according to which of three laboratories they belonged. These three tests demonstrated significant potential bias of operators in both field and laboratory. This is the first documented case demonstrating the significant influence of observer bias on results from invertebrate field-based studies. Examples of two long-term trials are also given that illustrate further operator bias. Our results suggest that long-term ecological studies using invertebrates need to be rigorously audited to ensure that operator bias is accounted for during analysis and interpretation. Further, taxonomic harmonisation remains an important step in merging field and laboratory data collected by different operators.
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia.
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 0200, Australia.
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia
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- Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia
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Ma Y, Zhao C, Greenslade P. A new species of Metacoelura (Collembola: Paronellidae) from Australia, and redescription of Metacoelura articulata. Zootaxa 2016; 4105:381-8. [PMID: 27394786 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The genus Metacoelura Salmon, 1951 is unusual as it possesses some characters typical of the family Entomobryidae and others of the Paronellidae. Three species and subspecies have been described, all from Australasian tropical regions. Metacoelura articulata is redescribed and a new species, Metacoelura majeri sp. nov., is described based on material collected in Australia. A key to species of the genus is provided.
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- Yitong Ma
- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong 226000, P. R. China; unknown
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong 226000, P. R. China; unknown
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- Centre of Environmental Management, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University, Mt Helen, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia. Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box Australian Capital Territory, Australia South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000;
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Greenslade P. Synonymy of Katianna coeruleocephala Handschin, 1920 (Collembola: Katiannidae) with Bourletiella viridescens (Bourletiellidae). Zootaxa 2016; 4066:78-80. [PMID: 27395532 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Katianna coeruleocephala was described by Handschin in 1920 from Poespo, Java. It was collected in December, 1896 by Dr. Zehntner with the collecting details given as rotten "Louv" (leaves?) from live orchard. Handschin (1920) labelled his figures of the species (p. 146) as Katianna coerulescephala but the first spelling of the species name (p. 145) has priority. Katianna coeruleocephala has never been recollected. The only mention of the species in the literature since 1920 has been by Suhardjono (1989) in a check list for Indonesia and Suhardjono (2012) who listed it as present on Java and provided the main characteristics of the genus Katianna Börner, 1923. She stated it was a "new" (translate as endemic?) species in Java with a preferred habitat in cold and damp litter but no comment was made on the taxonomic status of the Indonesian species.
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Environmental Management, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria 3353 Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, Australian Capital Territory 0200. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000.;
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- Penelope Greenslade
- School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, Federation University, Mt Helen, Ballarat, VIC, Australia; Department of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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A new species and genus, Skadisotoma inpericulosa, is described from south-eastern Australia. It possesses some characters that are found in Tomoceridae, such as a long cylindrical dens that is medially bent and a mucro with at least six teeth of different sizes and three setae but in other characters it resembles an isotomid. In this it shows similarities to the Boreal genus Mucronia Fjellberg, but differs from it in the possession of spines on the dens and in some chaetotaxic characters.
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Faculty of Science, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box Australian Capital Territory, 0200, Australia. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000;
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Lytton-Hitchins JA, Greenslade P, Wilson LJ. Effects of Season and Management of Irrigated Cotton Fields on Collembola (Hexapoda) in New South Wales, Australia. Environ Entomol 2015; 44:529-545. [PMID: 26313958 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvv029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The effects of production practices on the relative abundance of springtails (Collembola) in irrigated cotton fields of northern New South Wales (NSW) were studied over 2 yr to examine effects of farm management on these decomposer organisms. Pitfall trapping and soil core extraction was undertaken in both pseudoreplicated plots within whole fields on cotton farms and on experimental replicate plots of Envirofeast cotton and Lucerne. The relative abundance of surface-active springtails in cotton rows and densities of soil species from the rhizosphere were calculated. Twenty-three species of Collembola were collected from 5 fields, 19 in pitfall traps, and 11 in soil cores. Five species, Setogaster sp., Proisotoma minuta, Entomobrya unostrigata, Entomobrya multifasciata grp, and Lepidobrya sp. were numerically dominant on the ground at 86-96% of individuals and Mesaphorura sp., Folsomides parvulus, and Hemisotoma thermophila grp dominant in the soil. Native grassland samples contained 15 species of which a probable 10 were native and 8 were not found in cotton. Nineteen species of the 24 species identified from cotton were predominantly fungal feeders. Highest catches of Collembola occurred after flowering and soil Collembola increased with depth and during cotton growth on unsprayed plots but decreased on sprayed plots. Surface soil moistures affected daily catch rates with decomposing residues, crop stage, predator abundance, and season as secondary factors. Insecticide (endosulfan, pyrethroid, carbamate, and organophosphate) and predator effects were either negligible or unclear depending on the factor involved. Springtails appear to be predominately food limited during times of adequate soil moisture in cotton fields.
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- James A Lytton-Hitchins
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Drive, Mt Helen, Ballarat, 3350, Australia. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. Department of Biology, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, 0200, Australia.
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- CSIRO Plant Industry, Locked Bag 59, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia
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- Timothy C Hawes
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand Asian University, Banglamung, Chonburi 20260, Thailand.;
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- School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University, Mt Helen, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia School of Biology, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, 0200, Australia South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia; unknown
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Greenslade P, Jordana R. Description and conservation status of a new species of Australotomurus (Collembola: Entomobryidae: Orchesellinae) from urban Perth remnant bushland. Zootaxa 2014; 3872:561-76. [PMID: 25544101 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A new species of the Australian endemic genus Australotomurus Stach, 1947 A. morbidus sp. nov., is described from four urban remnants in Perth. Australotomurus morbidus sp. nov. is the first species in the genus found to possess male secondary sexual characters on antennal segment III as well as I. The males of all other described species in the genus occurring in south-eastern Australia have secondary sexual characters on antennal segments I and II rather than I and III. Typical habitats for Australotomurus species are long undisturbed native grasslands and heathland at low and high elevations. The new species extends the known distribution of the genus ca. 2,000 km west. Australotomurus morbidus sp. nov. is the only species in the genus currently vulnerable to extinction because of its restricted distribution to only four localities, all of which are subject to considerable human disturbance. This species was listed as critically endangered when it was known (but not yet described) from only one locality but was delisted a few years later when three other locations for the species were found. The history and records of A. morbidus sp. nov. suggest that listing species using current Western Australian legislation does not necessarily protect vulnerable species. The new species is described here and new records for some other Australian species of Orchesellinae provided, including the first Australian record of Heteromurus major (Moniez, 1889).
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Environmental Management, School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering, Federation University, Mt Helen, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia School of Biology, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, 0200, Australia, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000.;
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- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain. E-mail:;
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Greenslade P, Burbidge AA, Jasmyn A, Lynch J. Keeping Australia’s islands free of introduced rodents: the Barrow Island example. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1071/pc130284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Islands are important reservoirs of endemic and threatened species, but anthropogenic influences have impacted
their biotas. Australia has over 8000 islands, both continental and oceanic, but because of considerably increased traffic,
both tourist and commercial, many of these islands have been and are subject to increased threats from invasive species.
The invasive Black Rat Rattus rattus is of particular concern as it can negatively impact mammal, bird, reptile, invertebrate
and plant populations. Barrow Island, in northwest Western Australia, is an island requiring particular protection from
Black Rats as it is a Class A nature reserve with many unique and threatened taxa that is subject to major disturbances
from activities associated with oil extraction and a large liquefied natural gas processing plant. Strict quarantine is currently
imposed on all materials and persons being sent to the island and there is an intense on-island surveillance programme.
So far the protocols used have prevented Black Rats establishing on this island, but such a level of biosecurity is
clearly impossible for all islands. In this paper we discuss the effectiveness of quarantine inspections and surveillance
together and alone in protecting high-risk, high-value Australian islands against introduced rodents and we document
eradication costs for other islands. World-wide, it has only been possible so far to eradicate rats from relatively small
islands, mostly with no non-target indigenous mammals and larger islands only where there are no non-target indigenous
mammals. Models based largely on economic considerations have suggested it is more cost effective to use surveillance
alone without quarantine for Black Rats on Barrow Island and that if rats become widespread (an estimated 4% risk),
it may be more cost effective not to attempt eradication. Such models provide useful guidance for managers where
biodiversity values are relatively low or where there are no non-target species, but for Barrow island we argue for
continuation of quarantine as well as surveillance and an increased level of quarantine controls at the point of departure
on all people, vessels and aircraft visiting other vulnerable Australian islands.
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Maunsell SC, Kitching RL, Greenslade P, Nakamura A, Burwell CJ. Springtail (Collembola) assemblages along an elevational gradient in Australian subtropical rainforest. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/aen.12012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sarah C Maunsell
- Environmental Futures Centre and Griffith School of Environment; Griffith University; Nathan; Qld; 4111; Australia
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- Environmental Futures Centre and Griffith School of Environment; Griffith University; Nathan; Qld; 4111; Australia
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- School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering; University of Ballarat; Ballarat; Vic.; 3353; Australia
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Porco D, Bedos A, Greenslade P, Janion C, Skarżyński D, Stevens MI, Jansen van Vuuren B, Deharveng L. Challenging species delimitation in Collembola: cryptic diversity among common springtails unveiled by DNA barcoding. INVERTEBR SYST 2012. [DOI: 10.1071/is12026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Collembola is one of the major functional groups in soil as well as a model taxon in numerous disciplines. Therefore the accurate identification of specimens is critical, but could be jeopardised by cases of cryptic diversity. Several populations of six well characterised species of springtails were sequenced using the COI barcode fragment as a contribution to the global Collembola barcoding campaign. Each species showed high intraspecific divergence, comparable to interspecific sequence divergence values observed in previous studies and in 10 congeneric species barcoded here as a reference. The nuclear marker, 28S, confirmed all the intraspecific lineages found with COI, supporting the potential specific status of these entities. The implications of this finding for taxonomy and for disciplines relying on species names, such as evolution and ecology, are discussed.
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Low WA, McNally A, Davies BK, Greenslade P. Changes in vegetation over nine years after rehabilitating a linear feature in Australia's arid zone. Rangel J 2012. [DOI: 10.1071/rj12033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A 36-km road built in 1961 between Ayers Rock (Uluru) and the Olgas (Kata Tjuta), Northern Territory, Australia had seriously deteriorated by the 1980s. A newly aligned road, which was ecologically located and avoided sensitive Aboriginal sites, was completed early in 1991. The old road was rehabilitated by deep ripping, filling with imported sand and topsoil and by grading logs and windrows1 over the new surface. This paper reports on the effectiveness of the rehabilitation technique used in reinstating vegetation over 8 years and considers whether this rehabilitation aim was met. Plant colonisation and succession were monitored on 15 paired plots, one in the rehabilitated road and the other in the adjacent undisturbed habitat (with four exceptions) and also on the windrows. Sites at eight creek crossings and those subject to fire and rabbit activity were also monitored. Different landscape units responded in different ways to the rehabilitation. Herbaceous species from imported sand plain fill and top soil eventually dominated the road where they were introduced and were likely to persist in most areas because of local recruitment. The revegetation of the road has stabilised the old road surface as observed by the reduced erosion although succession did not always approach the reference site communities because of a greater resemblance to the Simpson Land System. Over the 8 years of monitoring considerable changes in vegetation occurred and are probably continuing. Only the road sites in the Simpson Land System approached the condition of the adjacent undisturbed vegetation because the vegetation of the other two land systems became closer to that of the Simpson Land System rather than to that of the surrounding vegetation. It is recommended that the introduced Buffel grass, known to alter landscape-level processes by reducing native herbaceous species and increasing risk of high intensity wildfire, which is most evident at creek crossings, should be controlled. Recommendations are made for improved management.
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Three new non-indigenous springtail species are recorded in recent collections made on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctic: Deuteraphorura (Deuteraphorura) cebennaria (Gisin) (Collembola: Onychiuridae), Mesaphorura macrochaeta Rusek (Tullbergiidae), and Proisotoma minuta Axelson (Isotomidae). One of these, D. (D.) cebennaria, is described. Additionally, two new indigenous species, Mesaphorura macrochaeta Rusek and Proisotoma minuta Axelson, are also recorded. The total number of Collembola species now known from the island is 14, comprised of eight native species and six non-indigenous species. This number of non-indigenous species recorded at Deception Island compares with only a single non-indigenous springtail recorded at any other maritime or continental Antarctic location. The reason underlying this high level of occurrence of non-indigenous species on Deception Island is likely to be a combination of the island's high level of human visitation and the presence of relatively benign terrestrial habitats associated with areas of geothermal activity. Two of the new records represent species recently assessed as being of the highest risk to become invaders in the less extreme environments of the subantarctic, thereby emphasising the importance and urgency of adopting and applying effective biosecurity measures to protect the unique and vulnerable ecosystems of this region. Also documented are the impacts on the soil fauna of the island from human trampling, which drastically reduced densities of both native and non-indigenous species to 1% of the abundance typical of non-trampled sites.
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- Penelope Greenslade
- Environmental Management, School of Science and Engineering, University of Ballarat, PO Box 663, Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia 3350
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- Department of Zoology and Ecology, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Kibalchich str., 6, korp. 5, Moscow 129164, Russia
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- Dept. Soil Zoology; Section Mesofauna, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Postfach 30015, 02806 Görlitz, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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Potapov MB, Greenslade P. Redescription of Folsomia loftyensis Womersley with notes on the sensillary arrangement of the genital segment in the genus (Collembola: Isotomidae). ZOOL ANZ 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2010.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stevens MI, Winter DJ, Morris R, McCartney J, Greenslade P. New Zealand's giant Collembola: New information on distribution and morphology for Holacanthella Börner, 1906 (Neanuridae: Uchidanurinae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Mark I. Stevens
- Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution, Massey University , Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University , Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia,
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- Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution, Massey University , Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University , Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Rod Morris Productions , 57 Irvine Road, The Cove RD2, Dunedin, 9021, New Zealand
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- Ecology, Institute of Natural Resources Te Kura Màtauranga o ngà Taonga à Papatuanuku, Massey University , Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University , Australian Capital Territory, 0200, Australia
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Ireson JE, Greenslade P. LASOFINIUSGEN. N. (COLLEMBOLA: TOMOCERIDAE) FROM TASMANIA AND A RE-EXAMINATION OFNEOPHORELLA DUBIAWOMERSLEY (TOMOCERIDAE). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00350.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Collembola have been used to assess the ecological status of a range of ecosystems in Australia over the last 35 years. The traits that Collembola possess that make them valuable as ecological indicators are listed. Examples of situations where they have been used to measure impacts in mainly agricultural landscapes are described and the contributions the results have made to management for ecological sustainability are noted. Densities of exotic and native species in a variety of ecosystems are provided and a list of genera with exotic species in Australia is given. A protocol for comprehensively surveying Collembola is described and a critique of different methods given.
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Throughout the Southern Hemisphere many terrestrial taxa have circum-Antarctic distributions. This pattern is generally attributed to ongoing dispersal (by wind, water, or migrating birds) or relict Gondwanan distributions. Few of these terrestrial taxa have extant representatives in Antarctica, but such taxa would contribute to our understanding of the evolutionary origins of the continental Antarctic fauna. Either these taxa have survived the harsh climate cooling in Antarctica over the last 23 Myr (Gondwanan/vicariance origin) or they have dispersed there more recently (<2 MYA). In this context, we examined mtDNA (COI) sequence variation in Cryptopygus and related extant Antarctic and subantarctic terrestrial springtails (Collembola). Sequence divergence was estimated under a maximum likelihood model (general time reversible+I+Gamma) between individuals from subantarctic islands, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia, Antarctic Peninsula, and continental Antarctica. Recent dispersal/colonization (<2 MYA) of Cryptopygus species was inferred between some subantarctic islands, and there was a close association between estimated times of divergences based on a molecular clock and proposed geological ages of islands. Most lineages generally grouped according to geographic proximity or by inferred dispersal/colonization pathways. In contrast, the deep divergences found for the four endemic Antarctic species indicate that they represent a continuous chain of descent dating from the break up of Gondwana to the present. We suggest that the diversification of these springtail species (21-11 MYA) in ice-free glacial refugia throughout the Trans-Antarctic Mountains was caused by the glaciation of the Antarctic continent during the middle to late Miocene.
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- Mark I Stevens
- Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Garrick RC, Sands CJ, Rowell DM, Tait NN, Greenslade P, Sunnucks P. Phylogeography recapitulates topography: very fine-scale local endemism of a saproxylic ‘giant’ springtail at Tallaganda in the Great Dividing Range of south-east Australia. Mol Ecol 2004; 13:3329-44. [PMID: 15487993 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2004.02340.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Comparative phylogeography can reveal processes and historical events that shape the biodiversity of species and communities. As part of a comparative research program, the phylogeography of a new, endemic Australian genus and species of log-dependent (saproxylic) collembola was investigated using mitochondrial sequences, allozymes and anonymous single-copy nuclear markers. We found the genetic structure of the species corresponds with five a priori microbiogeographical regions, with population subdivision at various depths owing to palaeoclimatic influences. Closely related mtDNA haplotypes are codistributed within a single region or occur in adjacent regions, nuclear allele frequencies are more similar among more proximate populations, and interpopulation migration is rare. Based on mtDNA divergence, a late Miocene-late Pliocene coalescence is likely. The present-day distribution of genetic diversity seems to have been impacted by three major climatic events: Pliocene cooling and drying (2.5-7 million years before present, Mybp), early Pleistocene wet-dry oscillations (c. 1.2 Mybp) and the more recent glacial-interglacial cycles that have characterized the latter part of the Quaternary (<0.4 Mybp).
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- R C Garrick
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Biological Sciences Building 1, La Trobe University, Plenty Road, Bundoora, VIC 3806, Australia.
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Greenslade P, Deharveng L. Revision of Friesea Species (Collembola: Neanuridae) of Australia and Offshore Islands, with Biogeographical Notes and Key to Species. INVERTEBR SYST 1997. [DOI: 10.1071/it95033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Seven species of Friesea are recorded here from
Australia and its offshore islands and a key and checklist is provided to
them. Three of the species, F. neptunia,
F. australica and F. florifera,
are new and are described here, and one, F. bispinosa
Deharveng, from Heard and Macquarie Islands, is a new record for Australia.
Earlier records of F. mirabilis Tullberg and
F. claviseta Axelson are examined and the seventh
species, F. tilbrooki Wise, already recorded from
Macquarie Island and Heard Island, is probably a synonym of
F. multispinosa Denis from Kerguelen. Records of
Friesea sp. cf. claviseta from
Pacific islands are also listed. The fauna is divided into biogeographical
groups based on morphology as determined by an existing phylogenetic analysis
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Rodgers D, Greenslade P. A new diagnosis forDinaphorura(Collembola: Onychiuridae: Tullbergiinae) and description of new species from Australia. J NAT HIST 1996. [DOI: 10.1080/00222939600771271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The genus Hanseniella is recorded for the first time from Tasmania and eight new species, Hanseniella audax, H. insequens, H. conveniens, H. nuda, H. copiosa, H. pluvialis, H. hebes and H. pyrethrata, are described from the State. A key is given to the Tasmanian species in the genus. Tasmaniella Chamberlin, 1920 is relegated into synonymy with Hanseniella.
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Greenslade P. THE IDENTITY OF AUSTRALIAN SPECIMENS RECORDED AS LEPIDOSINELLA ARMATA HANDSCHIN 1920 (COLLEMBOLA: ENTOMOBRYIDAE) WITH A KEY TO AUSTRALIAN SINELLA AND COECOBRYA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00516.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Deharveng L, Greenslade P. Hemilobella, a new genus of Lobellini (Collembola : Neanuridae) from Australia and Malaysia with notes on other Australian lobelline genera. INVERTEBR SYST 1992. [DOI: 10.1071/it9920727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A new genus of Lobellini, Hemilobella, is erected for two new species from Tasmania, H. rounsevelli and H. pluvia, and two described species, H. newmani (Womersley) from Western Australia and H. perakensis (Yosii) from Malaysia, the latter two formerly in Lobella and Propeanura respectively. A key is given to the three genera of Lobellini currently known from Australasia and another to the four species of Hemilobella. Australian species of Yuukianura and Paleonura are discussed.
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Greenslade P, Deharveng L. Phradmon, a new genus of Paleonurini (Collembola : Neanuridae) from Australia with a key to the genera from southern regions and notes on Pronura. INVERTEBR SYST 1991. [DOI: 10.1071/it9910837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Phradmon, gen. nov. (Neauridae : Paleonurini) is created for four new species (Phradmon floccosus, sp. nov., Phradmon maralali, sp. nov., Phradmon tasmaniae, sp. nov., and Phradmon trisetosus, sp. nov.), one described species (Paranura australasiae Womersley, 1935) and one described subspecies (Achorutes hirtellus schoetti Womersley, 1935). The last-named is here elevated to a full species, Phradmon schoetii, and Neanura womersleyi Yosii, 1966 is synonymised with it. All species are from Australia. Lobella (Propeanura) australica Yosii, 1966 is transferred to Pronura and a key is given to the 11 genera of the Paleonurini from southern regions.
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Greenslade P. Notes on the biogeography of the free-living terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Macquarie island with an annotated checklist. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.26749/rstpp.124.1.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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