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Pseudosorensia atlantica

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Species of springtail

Pseudosorensia atlantica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Entomobryomorpha
Family: Isotomidae
Genus: Pseudosorensia
Species: P. atlantica
Binomial name
Pseudosorensia atlantica
(Wise, 1970)
Synonyms
  • Isotoma atlantica
  • Isotoma (Pseudosorensia) atlantica
  • Sorensia atlantica Wise, 1970

Pseudosorensia atlantica is a species of springtail belonging to the family Isotomidae. The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1970, and is found in South Georgia.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Sorensia atlantica in 1970 by Keith Arthur John Wise, based on a holotype collected from South Georgia in 1961 held at the Bishop Museum, along with numerous paratypes. The species was recombined and placed in the genus Pseudosorensia by Dora Esther Cutini de Izarra in 1972.

In 1986, new records of the species were made on Macquarie Island. These specimens were subsequently described as a new species and genus, Azoritoma macquariensis, in 2008.

Description

Pseudosorensia atlantica is cream-coloured, with a blue-gray pigmented pattern. Specimens have a body length of 1.1 mm (0.043 in).

Distribution and habitat

The species is found on moss on South Georgia island. The species is widespread across the island, found in both wet and dry environments on the surface or within top layers of soil.

References

  1. "Pseudosorensia atlantica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ Wise, K. A. J. (September 1970). "Insecta: Collembola of South Georgia" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 23: 183–208. ISSN 0078-7515. OCLC 770413310. Wikidata Q128888414.
  3. Izarra, D. C. de (1972). "Pseudosorensia, nuevo género de la familia Isotomide (Insecta, Collembola)". Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (in Spanish). 31: 78–96. ISSN 0373-6709. Wikidata Q128885153.
  4. Greenslade, Penelope; Wise, K. A. J. (1986). "Collembola of Macquarie Island". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 23: 67–97. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906360. Wikidata Q58677275.
  5. Greenslade, Penelope; Potapov, Mikhail (2008). "A new genus and species of Isotominae (Collembola: Isotomidae) from cushion plants on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island". Kanunnah. 2: 87–97. ISSN 1832-536X. Wikidata Q128891049.
  6. Convey, P.; Greenslade, P.; Arnold, R. J.; Block, W. (24 June 1999). "Collembola of sub-Antarctic South Georgia". Polar Biology. 22 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1007/S003000050383. ISSN 0722-4060. Wikidata Q55842073.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudosorensia atlantica
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