Open AccessLASOFINIUS GEN. N. (COLLEMBOLA: TOMOCERIDAE) FROM TASMANIA AND A RE‐EXAMINATION OF NEOPHORELLA DUBIA WOMERSLEY (TOMOCERIDAE)
Author(s) -
Ireson J. E.,
Greenslade Penelope
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00350.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoogeography , monobasic acid , genus , zoology , ecology , type species , phylogenetic tree , taxonomy (biology) , biogeography , genetics , chemistry , polymer chemistry , gene
Lasofinius gen. n. is erected for L. willi sp.n. (type species) and L. gemini sp.n., both from Tasmania. The species are described and a key to separate them is given. Lasofinius is characterised by the retention of a postantennal organ in adults which is unusual in the Tomoceridae. The closely related monobasic genus Neophorella Womersley from South Africa (type species N. dubia ) is redescribed. The phylogenetic relationships of both genera are discussed and comments made on the distribution and zoogeography of Tomoceridae in Australia.