Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835)

Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo, Caruso, Domenico & Dallai, Romano, 2006, On some Collembola from a Sicily cave, with the description of a new species of Serroderus Delamare, 1948 (Collembola, Cyphoderidae), Journal of Natural History 40 (19 - 20), pp. 1241-1251 : 1243

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600803241

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5227597

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scientific name

Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835)
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Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835) View in CoL

Material. Numerous individuals found in different sites of the cave.

Heteromurus nitidus View in CoL is a troglophilic species with holarctic distribution. It has been reported from numerous localities along the Italian peninsula ( Dallai et al. 1995) both from soil samples and caves ( Dallai and Malatesta 1982) where it usually occurs as a typical element.

Dallai R, Malatesta E. 1982. Collemboli cavernicoli italiani (Ricerche sui Collemboli XXVI). Lavori della Societa Italiana di Biogeografia 7: 173 - 194.

Dallai R, Malatesta E, Ramellini P. 1995. Apterygota: Collembola, Protura, Microcoryphia e Zygentoma (5 Thysanura s. l.), Diplura. In: Minelli A, Ruffo S, La Posta S, editors. Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana 33. Bologna: Calderini.