Gomphiocephalus

Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Hypogastruridae
Genus:
Carpenter, 1908
Species:
G. hodgsoni
Binomial name
Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni
Carpenter, 1908

Gomphiocephalus is a genus of springtail native to Antarctica. Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni is the only member of the genus.[1]

The Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni was first collected from Granite Harbour, southern Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica in 1902 by the British National Antarctic Expedition.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Penelope Greenslade; Mark I. Stevens; Giulia Torricelli; Cyrille A. D'Haese (15 December 2010). "An ancient Antarctic endemic genus restored: morphological and molecular support for Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2). Royal Entomological Society: 223–240. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00553.x.
  2. ^ Hogg, Ian D.; Wall, Diana H. (22 March 2012), Bell, E. M. (ed.), "Polar deserts.", Life at extremes: environments, organisms and strategies for survival (1 ed.), UK: CABI, p. 178, doi:10.1079/9781845938147.0176, ISBN 978-1-84593-814-7, retrieved 18 February 2025


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