Ptenothrix atra, (Linnaeus, 1758)

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P. atra ( Linnaeus, 1758)

– Podura atra Linnaeus, 1758: 608 View Cited Treatment

– Papirius unicolor Harvey, 1893: 65

– Ptenothrix atra apigmentata Stach, 1966: 217

BC Spencer 1948; Skidmore 1995; Cannings 2010

MB Skidmore 1995

ON James 1933; Maynard 1951; Scott 1965a all as unicolor ; Christiansen & Bellinger 1981, 1998; Skidmore 1995

QC Marshall 1964, 1967 as unicolor ; Christiansen & Bellinger 1981, 1998; Skidmore 1995; Therrien et al. 1999, 1999a; Chagnon et al. 2000, 2000a

NS Stach 1966 as atra apigmentata; Christiansen & Bellinger 1981, 1998; Skidmore 1995

NF Puvanendran et al. 1997

Remarks: Our attribution of these records to P. atra is based on Christiansen & Bellinger’s opinion (1981, p. 1231): “We are unable to find any clear morphological distinction between descriptions and figures of P. atra and the Nearctic form, which has almost universally been determined as unicolor . This is clearly the form described by Stach as atra apigmentata ”. Nevertheless, according to Bretfeld (1999, p. 158), “the North American specimens may represent a separate species ( unicolor Harvey, 1893 …) since Ant II has 7 long spines in the Palaearctic species but only 4 in the Nearctic…; more differences may be discovered in a re-examination”. In accordance with the latter remarks, P. atra and P. unicolor (= P. atra apigmentata ) are considered to be separate taxa on www. collembola .org.

General distribution: Holarctic.

References

Bretfeld, G. (1999) Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola. V. 2. Symphypleona. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums, G orlitz, 71 (1), 1 - 318.

Cannings, R. A. (2010) Checklist of the Collembola: Nomina Collembola Canada British Columbia. Available from: http: // www. collembola. org / publicat / collbc. pdf (Accessed May 2018)

Chagnon, M., Hebert, Ch., & Pare, D. (2000) Community structures of Collembola in sugar maple forests: relations to humus type and seasonal trends. Pedobiologia, 44, 148 - 174. https: // doi. org / 10.1078 / S 0031 - 4056 (04) 70035 - 9

Chagnon, M., Pare, D. & Hebert, Ch. (2000 a) Relationships between soil chemistry, microbial biomass and the collembolan fauna of southern Quebec sugar maple stands. Ecoscience, 7 (3), 307 - 316. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 11956860.2000.11682600

Christiansen, K. & Bellinger, P. (1981) The Collembola of North America, North of the Rio Grande, 1 st edition. Part 4. Families Neelidae and Sminthuridae. Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1043 - 1322.

Christiansen, K. A. & Bellinger, P. (1998) The Collembola of North America, North of the Rio Grande, 2 nd edition. Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1518 pp.

Harvey, F. L. (1893) A new Papirius. Entomological News, 4, 65 - 68.

James, H. G. (1933) Collembola of the Toronto region with notes on the biology of Isotoma palustris Mueller. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, 19, 77 - 116.

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum charavteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locus (10 th edn.), Holmiae, Salvius, 824 pp.

Marshall, V. G. (1964) Studies on the Micro-Arthropod fauna of two Quebec woodland humus forms. Ph. D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 354 pp.

Marshall, V. G. (1967) Microarthropods from two Quebec woodland humus forms. II. The Collembola. Annals of the Entomological Society of Quebec, 12, 166 - 181.

Maynard, E. A. (1951) A Monograph of the Collembola or Springtail Insects of New York State. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca, New York, 339 pp.

Puvanendran, D. C., Larson, D. J. & Thompson, I. D. (1997) Collembola (Arthropoda) of Balsam fir [Abies balsamea (L.)] forests of western Newfoundland. The Canadian Entomologist, 129, 505 - 517. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 129505 - 3

Scott, H. G. (1965 a) The Collembola of New Mexico. XV. Dicyrtominae. Entomological News, 76 (5), 129 - 131.

Skidmore, R. E. (1995) Checklist of Collembola (Insecta: Apterygota) of Canada and Alaska. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 126, 45 - 76.

Spencer, G. J. (1948) Some records of Collembola from British Columbia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 44, 22.

Stach, J. (1966) On some Collembola of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 11 (7), 211 - 221.

Therrien, F., Chagnon, M. & Hebert, C. (1999) Biodiversity of Collembola in sugar maple (Aceraceae) forests. The Canadian Entomologist, 131, 613 - 628. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 131613 - 5

Therrien, F., Chagnon, M. & Hebert, C. (1999 a) Liste des especes de Collemboles du Quebec. Bulletin de l'entomofaune, 21, 8 - 11.