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Insect habitats in Antarctica (1961)

Gressitt, J. L. ; Leech, R. E.

Cambridge University Press

In: Polar Record . 1961; 10(68): 501-504. Published 1961 May 01. doi: 10.1017/s0032247400051871.

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Publication Date: 1961-05-01

Description: About fifty species of terrestrial arthropods have been collected in Antarctica; these include mites, ticks, springtails, sucking lice, biting lice and flies. The mites include both free-living and parasitic forms, the springtails and flies are free-living, and the ticks and lice are parasitic. The ticks, parasitic mites, and biting lice are associated with birds, and the sucking lice with seals. The number of species are about equally divided between free-living and parasitic forms. The ability of insects and mites to survive the very low winter temperatures and frequent strong winds of Antarctica is of considerable interest; judged in relation to commonly accepted ideas of tolerance, the environment is extremely forbidding.

Print ISSN: 0032-2474

Electronic ISSN: 1475-3057

Topics: Ethnic Sciences , Geography

Published by Cambridge University Press

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