Temeritas regalis (Womersley, 1939)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Sminthurus regalis Womersley, 1939 (basionym)

Originally described as a species of Sminthurus, it was transferred to the genus Temeritas by (Najt, 1968). This species is regarded as a species inquirenda by (Silva, 2022:54 [unpublished thesis]).

Conservation Status

Missing (Greenslade, 2019)

Last record: 1978 (Greenslade, 2019)

Distribution

southern Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Womersley, H. (1939). Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, Springtails and their allies. In: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia, 1st ed. Government Printer: Adelaide, Australia. 322 pp.

Other references:

Greenslade, Penelope. (2013). The rare collembolan genus, Temeritas (Symphypleona: Sminthuridae), in southern Australia: systematics, distribution and conservation status. The Victorian Naturalist 130(1): 45-48.

Greenslade, Penelope. (2019). Evidence for the likely extinction of an endemic south Australian springtail, 'Temeritas regalis' (Symphypleona: Sminthuridae). The South Australian Naturalist 93(2): 103-110.

Najt, J. (1968). Nouveaux documents sur le genre Temeritas et sa distribution géographique (Collembole Symphypléone). Revue d’Écologie et Biologie du Sol 5, 631-636.

Silva, Gleyce Medeiros da. (2022). Revisão de Richardsitas Betsch e Temeritas Richards (Collembola, Sminthuridae). Dissertação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal.

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