BIBLIOGRAPHIC INTRODUCTION TO ANTARCTIC- SUBANTARCTIC ENTOMOLOGY

Abstract

The entomological fauna of Antarctica is extremely limited. Only 44 terrestrial species are known, representing Acarina, Collembola, Mallophaga, Anoplura and Diptera. Well over 700 species are known from Subantarctic islands, representing about 20 orders of terrestrial arthropods. Best represented are arachnids, springtails, lice, beetles, and flies, the last having the greatest number of species Forms recorded from the Antarctic continent are listed, and numbers of species from Sub­ antarctic islands are tabulated. Percentages of species which are wingless or short-winged are also tabulated. An annotated bibliography of 424 items is included.