Neocambrisoma spp.

(Order Chordeumatida, family Metopidiotrichidae)

The three known species of Tasmanian Neocambrisoma can be very hard to distinguish from Peterjohnsia titan and from each other, and positive identifications can only be made by dissecting out and examining the gonopods of mature males (click here for more on gonopods). In both genera adults reach 7-8 mm in length.

Neocambrisoma in Tasmania is a wet-forest genus. N. cachinnus Shear & Mesibov, 1997 only seems to be common at higher elevations (600+ m), and N. fieldensis Shear & Mesibov, 1997 has so far only been found in Mt Field National Park. A third, undescribed Neocambrisoma occurs in the Southeast. First known collections are cachinnus in 1987, fieldensis in 1989 and the SE species in 1987.

Localities for N. cachinnus (red), N. fieldensis (blue) and undescribed or unidentified Neocambrisoma (gray). Scale bar = 100 km.
For an interactive map with more up-to-date localities, go to the mapper page.

More information:
 
Taxonomy - Shear & Mesibov (1997)
Distribution, conservation and general - Bonham et al. (2002)