Bibliography 

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 64(1): 1-269.

Describes (pp. 83-84) Tasmaniella hardyi n. gen., n. sp. from 'Tasmania'. According to Clark & Greenslade (1996:190), the holotype is in poor condition and the species is unrecognisable, but 'the characters observed indicate that this species should be transferred to Hanseniella'. 

Clark, S. and Greenslade, P. 1996. Review of Tasmanian Hanseniella Bagnall (Symphyla: Scutigerellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 189-212.

Describes eight new species (Hanseniella audax, H. conveniens, H. copiosa, H. hebes, H. insequens, H. nuda, H. pluvialis and H. pyrethrata), all apparently endemic to Tasmania. 

Coy, R., Greenslade, P. and Rounsevell, D. 1993. A Survey of Invertebrates in Tasmanian Rainforest. Tasmanian NRCP Report No. 9. Hobart: Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania, and Department of Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Canberra; 104 pp.

'Symphyla were common and abundant in litter, soil and moss, but less frequently collected from the soil surface and absent from vegetation. Symphyla were one of the groups typically found in logs and invariably present in large numbers in this habitat.' (p. 41) 

Eberhard, S.M., Richardson, A.M.M. and Swain, R. 1991. The Invertebrate Cave Fauna of Tasmania. (Unpublished report dated May 1991 from the Zoology Department, University of Tasmania; 174 pp.)

Records (pp. 73-74) unidentified Symphyla from Tasmanian caves, where they are said to be common and sometimes abundant. 'Symphylans are preadapted to subterranean life' (p. 74) and troglomorphic, but not obviously troglobitic. 

Hellyer, H. 1827. H. Hellyer's Journal of operations in opening a Road from Emu Bay towards the Hampshire Hills. (Unpublished manuscript in the University of Tasmania Archives: Hellyer Diary, 1827, R.12)

Many thanks to Brian Rollins of Burnie for making this fascinating journal more widely known. One of the saddest quotes in Tasmanian zoology is this one of Hellyer's from 13 July 1827: 'Several curious insects came to light in removing the rotten logs - I regret I have no means of preserving them.' 

Hilton, W.A. 1943. A new Scutigerella from Tasmania. Journal of Entomology and Zoology 35: 5-6.

Describes Scutigerella tasma n. sp. from Mt Field National Park. S. tasma is a species inquirenda in the current Symphyla checklist on the Australian Faunal Directory website (www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/abif/afd/index.html; follow the path Groups - Myriapods - Symphyla). 'Inconsistencies in Hilton's description put the exact taxonomic status of S. tasma in doubt requiring a redescription of the holotype before it can be included in a key' (Clark & Greenslade 1996:190). Scheller (1996) makes this species a nomen dubium. 

Rushton, S. 1990. The Taxonomy of Tasmanian Rainforest Symphyla. (Unpublished report to the National Rainforest Conservation Program; 43 pp.)

(Not seen) Precursor of the Tasmanian Hanseniella review published in 1996 by Simone Clark nee Rushton and Penny Greenslade. 

Scheller, U. 1961. A review of the Australian Symphyla (Myriapoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 140-171.

Excellent review, but omits mention of either Scutigerella tasma Hilton, 1943 or Tasmaniella hardyi Chamberlin, 1920. 

Scheller, U. 1996. A new troglobitic species of Hanseniella Bagnall (Symphyla: Scutigerellidae) from Tasmania. Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 203-207.

Describes Hanseniella magna n. sp. from King George V and Newdegate Caves in southern Tasmania.  H. magna 'is the largest symphylan ever collected' (p. 203).  Also notes that the types of S. tasma Hilton, 1943 no longer exist, the species diagnosis is poor and the name should be considered a nomen dubium.