The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group (46°54’ S, 37°45’E) consists of Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward Island (10 km long and 6.5km wide). These islands are approximately 1920 km south-east of Cape Town and are politically part of South Africa.
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Collembola species recorded from Marion Island:
Poduromorpha
Hypogastruridae
Ceratophysella denticulata (Bagnall, 1941)
Neanuridae
Friesea tilbrooki Wise, 1970
Tullbergiidae
Tullbergia bisetosa Börner, 1902
Entomobryomorpha
Isotomidae
Cryptopygus antarcticus travei Deharveng, 1981
Cryptopygus dubius Deharveng, 1981
Cryptopygus tricuspis Enderlein, 1909
Folsomotoma marionensis (Deharveng, 1981)
Isotomurus maculatus Müller, 1876
Mucrosomia caeca (Wahlgren, 1906)
Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896)
Tomoceridae
Pogonognathellus flavescens (Tullberg, 1871)
Neelipleona
Neelidae
Megalothorax minimus Willem, 1900
Symphypleona
Katiannidae
Sminthurinus granulosus Enderlein, 1909
Sminthurinus tuberculatus Delamare Deboutteville and Massoud, 1963
Katianna sp.
Key references:
Jagatap, H., Monsanto, D.M., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Parbhu, S.P., Dinoi, A., Janion-Scheepers, C., Sekar, S., Teske, P.R., Emami-Khoyi, A. (2019) The complete mitogenome of the springtail Isotomurus maculatus: a widespread species that is invading the sub-Antarctic region. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4, 1706-1708, doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1607593
Jagatap, H., Monsanto, D.M., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Janion-Scheepers, C., Sekar, S., Teske, P.R., Emami-Khoyi, A. (2019) The complete mitogenome of the springtail Tullbergia bisetosa: a subterranean springtail from the sub-Antarctic region. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 4, 1594-1596, doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1601514
Monsanto, D.M., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Jagatap, H., Jooste, C.M., Janion-Scheepers, C., Teske, P.R., Emami-Khoyi, A. (2019) The complete mitogenome of the springtail Cryptopygus antarcticus travei provides evidence for speciation in the sub-Antarctic region. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4, 1195-1197, doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1591219
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Janion-Scheepers, C., Deharveng, L., Bedos, A., Chown, S.L. (2015) Updated list of Collembola species currently recorded from South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 55-88.doi: 10.3897/zookeys.503.8966
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Wise, K.A.J. (1970) Collembola of South Georgia. Pacific Insects Monograph 23:183‒208.
