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An extension to the insect fauna of Heard Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

K. Green  and
L. A. Mound
K. Green
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
L. A. Mound
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW8 5BD
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The insect fauna of Heard Island were investigated on the ChallengerExpedition in 1875 (Kirby 1884); the Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition in 1902 (VanHöffen 1912); and the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition in 1951/52(Brown 1964; Gressitt and Temple 1970; Home 1984). With the addition of Lepidoptera in these last reports, six orders of insects were recognised as occurring on Heard Island, the others being Collembola, Coleoptera, Diptera, Siphonaptera, and Mallophaga. The present note reports the addition of a seventh order, Thysanoptera, to the fauna.

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Polar Record , Volume 30 , Issue 173 , April 1994 , pp. 131 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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