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Agrenia atroviridis

Agrenia atroviridis

Fjellberg, 1986

GBIF:119627173

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This species was originally described from glacial ice in Garibaldi Park, British Columbia. We have examined recent material from Alaska (Matanuska Glacier) and British Columbia (Overlord and Wedgemount Glaciers) (all collected by P. Hartzell). The species appears to be restricted to the glacial fauna, having adaptations such as extremely dark greenish black colour all over the body (Fig. 3 B) and short extremities. Also, the compact mucro with a small apical tooth is a trait generally present in winter Agrenia spp. and other Collembola associated with snow and ice.
Fjellberg, Arne, Bernard, Ernest C. (2009): Review of Agrenia Börner, 1906 with descriptions of four new species from North America (Collembola, Isotomidae). Zootaxa 2306: 17-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275389

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FIGURE 3. Habitus of Agrenia spp. A. A. agilis; B. A. atroviridis; C. A. cyanura, lateral; (D) A. cyanura, dorsal. Scale bars = 1 mm.

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Review of Agrenia Börner, 1906 with descriptions of four new species from North America (Collembola, Isotomidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Fjellberg, Arne, Bernard, Ernest C. (2009): Review of Agrenia Börner, 1906 with descriptions of four new species from North America (Collembola, Isotomidae). Zootaxa 2306: 17-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275389

Abstract

The eight known species of Agrenia are reviewed and new distributional data are added. Two species groups are suggested for the genus: a bidenticulata -group with a mucronal seta and an agilis -group without a mucronal seta. Four new species of the second group are described from North America: A. falcula, A. parkeri, and A. tarashchukae from forest streams of the Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee, North Carolina, and New York, and A. extrema from glaciers in Washington and Alaska. The head of the maxilla is introduced as a useful character for separation of some species. A key to all species is given.

Key words: allometry, cyclomorphosis, Holarctic, key to species, sexual dimorphism

Fjellberg A, Bernard E C, plazi (2009). Review of Agrenia Börner, 1906 with descriptions of four new species from North America (Collembola, Isotomidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.275389 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2009View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119627173
Dataset Key
7a3b903a-74a1-4f72-ad57-487907b055c8
Origin
source
Backbone Key
8624075
Taxon ID
03E61F409351FFBA62C4FAC9DAE6F931.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026