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species Metasinella (Sulcuncus) borincana Mari Mutt & Gruia, 1983

• Distribution:
  •  
   The species is known only from Mona Island (Type locality, Cueva Doña Geña), and from southwestern Puerto Rico
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Mari Mutt. 1977. J. Agr. Univ. P. R. 61(3):407 >> Note: misidentification >> Metasinella topotypica
  • Peck & Kukalova-Peck. 1981. NSS Bull. 43:65 >> Note: Incorrect record based on identification in Mari Mutt, 1977 >> Metasinella topotypica
  • Mari Mutt & Gruia. 1983. J. Agr. Univ. P. R. 67(2):137, 139   >> Note: Figures 16-21 >> Metasinella (Sulcuncus) borincana
  • Christiansen & Culver. 1987. J. Biogeography 14:464   >> Note: Troglomorphic Index; Biogeography >> Metasinella borincana
  • Mari Mutt & Bellinger. 1990. A catalog of Neotropical Collembola Fauna & Flora 5:118 >> Note: Neotropical records >> Metasinella (Sulcuncus) borincana
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Mona Island, Cueva Doña Geña, on bat guano and soil with roots
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  unspecified
  • Location of type:  UPRM Invertebrate Collection

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