Pseudosorensia atlantica is a species of springtail belonging to the family Isotomidae.[1] The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1970, and is found in South Georgia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Collembola |
| Order: | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family: | Isotomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosorensia |
| Species: | P. atlantica
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudosorensia atlantica (Wise, 1970)
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Taxonomy
editThe 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.[2] The species was recombined and placed in the genus Pseudosorensia by Dora Esther Cutini de Izarra in 1972.[3]
In 1986, new records of the species were made on Macquarie Island.[4] These specimens were subsequently described as a new species and genus, Azoritoma macquariensis, in 2008.[5]
Description
editPseudosorensia atlantica is cream-coloured, with a blue-gray pigmented pattern. Specimens have a body length of 1.1 mm (0.043 in).[2]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is found on moss on South Georgia island.[2] The species is widespread across the island, found in both wet and dry environments on the surface or within top layers of soil.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Pseudosorensia atlantica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.