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Desoria tigrina (Tullberg, 1871)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Desoria tigrina (Tullberg, 1871)
Name authority
(Tullberg, 1871)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Collembola
Order
Entomobryomorpha
Family
Isotomidae
Genus
Desoria
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. classCollembola Lubbock J, 1870
  5. orderEntomobryomorpha Börner, 1913
  6. superfamilyIsotomoidea Szeptycki, 1979
  7. familyIsotomidae Schäffer, 1896
  8. subfamilyIsotominae Schäffer, 1896
  9. genusDesoria Agassiz M & Nicolet H in Desor E, 1841
  10. speciesDesoria tigrina (Tullberg, 1871)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Desoria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Desoria gelida Folsom, JW, 1937IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria grisea (Lubbock, J, 1870)IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria hissarica Martynova & Chikatunov, 1968IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria infuscata Murphy, 1959IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria jayasrae Bhattacharjee, 1984IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria komarkovae Fjellberg, 1978IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria lucama Wray, 1952IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria olivacea (Tullberg, 1871)IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria pallipes (Kos, 1952)IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria pamirensis Martynova, 1975IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria pjasini Martynova, 1974IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Desoria potapovi Fjellberg, A, 2007IsotomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 27 records assigned to Isotomidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Desoria grisescens Hopkin, 2007 Hopkin, 2007synonym
Spinisotoma dimorpha Womersley, 1934 Womersley, 1934synonym
Isotoma grisescens Agren, 1903 Agren, 1903ambiguous synonym
Isotoma grisea Poole, RW in Poole, RW & Gentili, P, 1997 Poole, RW in Poole, RW & Gentili, P, 1997synonym
Isotoma grisea Gisin, 1944 Gisin, 1944synonym
Isotoma grisea Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980 Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980synonym
Isotoma klovstadi Womersley, 1937 Womersley, 1937ambiguous synonym
Isotoma olivacea Womersley, 1939 Womersley, 1939ambiguous synonym
Isotoma stachi Denis, 1929 Denis, 1929synonym
Isotoma grisea Christiansen & Bellinger, 1998 Christiansen & Bellinger, 1998ambiguous synonym
Isotoma tigrina var. olivacea Agren, 1903 Agren, 1903synonym
Isotoma grisea Fjellberg, 1979 Fjellberg, 1979synonym
Isotoma olivacea Womersley, 1934 Womersley, 1934synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Arctic & Sub-arctic

Europe

Sino-Japanese

W. & Central Asia

Mediterranean

N.North American

Pacific North American

N. & E. Australia

Central Australia

Antarctic & Subantarctic

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.collembola.org/taxa/isotinae.htm Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:354HL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.