Protaphorura armata (Tullberg, 1869)

Grujić, Nikola Z., Winkler, Dániel & Daghighi, Elaheh, 2023, An annotated checklist of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) from Vojvodina province, Republic of Serbia, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4), pp. 727-759 : 736

Protaphorura armata (Tullberg, 1869)

Lipura armata Tullberg, 1869:18 . Sweden, Uppsala. – UUZM

General distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Fjellberg, 1998).

Distribution in Vojvodina. Fruška Gora ( Stevanović, 1967; 1968); Ristovača, Bačka Palanka ( Bogojević, 1984) ; Obedska Bara ( Lučić, 2006) .

Ecological note. Euedaphic. On Fruška Gora , the highest number and densest frequency of this species was found in the plant association Querceto-carpinetum serbicum ( Stevanović, 1967; 1968). In Ristovača, the species was found in association of Quercus robur in August ( Bogojević, 1984). The temperature on the soil surface was 25.2 ºC, and, at - 5 cm, 22.2 ºC. In Bačka Palanka , the species was found in a Robinia pseudoacacia -dominated (cca. 80%) stand with Glechoma hederacea and Urtica dioica in the herb layer ( Bogojević, 1984). Sampling was done in August; the soil surface temperature was 23.4 ºC, and, at - 5 cm, 21.2 ºC. In Obedska Bara , the species was collected in an oak-elm forest ( Lučić, 2006).