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Range expansion of two invasive springtails on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island

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Collembola are an important group of indigenous terrestrial invertebrates in the sub-Antarctic region and, compared to the most continental regions, their limited diversity is well known. Several invasive species, introduced by humans, have also established in the region, with some of these widespread while others are more restricted to disturbed areas. In this study, we report the spread of two non-indigenous Collembola species on Macquarie Island. Protaphorura fimata (Gisin, 1952) (Collembola:Poduromorpha:Onychiuridae) and Proisotoma minuta (Tullberg, 1871) (Entomobryomorpha:Isotomidae) are both cosmopolitan species that have been present on the island for several decades, but restricted to the area around the research station. Here, we report their spread up to 3 and 11 km, respectively, from the research station. We discuss the implications of this finding for biosecurity across the Antarctic region. We also document the presence of a new non-indigenous species, Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896) (Entomobryomorpha:Isotomidae).

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Australian Antarctic Science Projects 4307 and 4024. We thank Louis Deharveng and Wanda M. Weiner for initial taxonomic advice and Ian Aitkenhead for assisting with the collection of samples, the International Barcoding of Life (iBOL) Project, the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Services for permits, and two anonymous reviewers for their comments. We are grateful to Amy W.P. Liu for her assistance with the barcoding analyses.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Laura Phillips, Charlene Janion-Scheepers & Steven L. Chown

  2. Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia

    Melissa Houghton & Aleks Terauds

  3. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia

    Melissa Houghton

  4. Moscow State Pedagogical University, Kibalchicha str., korp. 5, Moscow, Russia, 129278

    Mikhail Potapov

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Phillips, L., Janion-Scheepers, C., Houghton, M. et al. Range expansion of two invasive springtails on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Polar Biol 40, 2137–2142 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2129-9

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