Megalothorax Willem

Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, Zootaxa 4169 (2), pp. 301-360 : 351

Genus Megalothorax Willem

194. Megalothorax cf. minimus Willem, 1900 and Megalothorax gr. minimus *

Name in source. Meganthrax minimus in Takeda (1981) (misspelling), Megalothorax n.sp. in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b); considered as a species group in Deharveng et al. (1989) and in Bedos (1994). Source: Takeda (1981), Deharveng (1986), Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994).

Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N), Khon Kaen (NE). Habitat: litter and soil below 1700 m. (orange form) and at all altitudes (white form) in Doi Inthanon forest ( Deharveng & Bedos 1993b, Bedos 1994); soil s.l. in mixed dry deciduous forest and deforested area at 800 m. in Khon Kaen province ( Takeda 1981).

Distribution outside Thailand. M. minimus is cosmopolitan.

Remark. Two morphospecies in Doi Inthanon forest (Bedos 1994), one in Khon Kaen ( Takeda 1981). All identifications of M. minimus have to be confirmed according to the recent revision of Schneider & D’Haese (2013).