Checklist of the Collembola: History

http://www.collembola.org/doc/history.htm - Last updated on 2018.04.30 by Frans Janssens

Checklist of the Collembola: History

Preface

This checklist has been prepared by Frans Janssens, member of the Royal Entomological Society of Antwerp, Belgium. The purpose of this check list is to resolve synonomy related problems. Typical example: given a taxon name, verify whether or not it is currently valid and if not what is then its currently valid name.

This list is updated regularly. Unfortunately, it still contains a lot of mistakes. :-(
Typical errors are a) duplication of the same species name in several genera, b) duplication of taxa at different rank (e.g., once listed at species rank and once more at subspecies rank), c) synonyms listed as valid taxa, c) incorrect spelling of the name of a taxon or author, d) incorrect publication date, e) incorrect revision authority.
Your comments, flames, remarks, suggestions, etc are welcome at Frans Janssens

Frans Janssens
2018.04.30

Status

Status of the checklist

Group	# of Genera	# of Species	Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae	2	12	6
Anurophorinae	46	678	14
Arrhopalitidae	3	154	51
Bessoniellinae	1	1	1
Bourletiellidae	37	242	6
Brachystomellidae	18	134	7
Caputanurininae	2	11	5
Coenaletidae	1	2	2
Collophoridae	1	9	9
Cyphoderinae	13	141	10
Dicyrtominae	5	102	20
Entomobryinae	17	582	34
Frieseinae	4	193	48
Gulgastruridae	1	1	1
Heteromurinae	12	136	11
Hypogastruridae	40	715	17
Isotogastruridae	1	10	10
Isotominae	42	449	10
Katiannidae	21	215	10
Lepidocyrtinae	13	657	50
Lophognathellinae	2	2	1
Mackenziellidae	1	1	1
Microfalculidae	1	1	1
Morulininae	2	21	10
Neanurinae	101	784	7
Neelidae	7	61	8
Nothobryinae	3	5	1
Odontellidae	13	135	10
Oncobryidae	1	1	1
Oncopoduridae	3	55	18
Onychiurinae	48	683	14
Orchesellinae	5	133	26
Pachyotominae	6	29	4
Pachytullbergiidae	3	6	2
Paleotullbergiidae	1	1	1
Paronellinae	26	425	16
Poduridae	1	2	2
Praentomobryidae	2	2	1
Proisotominae	18	271	15
Protentomobryidae	1	1	1
Pseudachorutinae	57	483	8
Ptenothricinae	3	105	35
Seiridae	2	224	112
Sminthurididae	12	154	12
Sminthurinae	23	198	8
Songhaicinae	1	4	4
Sphyrothecinae	9	58	6
Spinothecidae	3	8	2
Sturmiidae	1	3	3
Tetrodontophorinae	3	4	1
Tomoceridae	16	185	11
Tullbergiidae	34	230	6
Uchidanurinae	3	6	2
Willowsiinae	14	161	11

Collembola	706	8886	12

Note that the species count is optimistic and includes problematic taxa such as unresolved homonyms, unresolved nomina nuda and undescribed species (e.g., 'sp.').

A high species/genus ratio might be an indication that it is about time to do a revision of the concerned group. Taken this into account, the following groups are candidate for revision:

Arrhopalitidae, currently being revised by Drs Douglas Zeppelini & Robert Vargovich;
Lepidocyrtinae; the revision of Lepidocyrtus s.l. of Yoshii & Yayuk (1989) has been only partly accepted up to subgenus level;
Seiridae.

History

The history of this check list has been organised on a yearly basis. This file contains the history of the current year. Previous years can be found here : 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.

2018.01.01-2018.01.31

Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:

on new littoral Neanuridae from Brazil by da Silveira & de Mendonça (2018), publication received from Dr Maria Cleide de Mendonça;
on new Lobellini from China by Jiang, Wang & Xia (2018),
on Collembola associated with fungus-growing ants from Brazil by Castaño-Meneses, Palacios-Vargas, Delabie, Zeppelini & Mariano (2017),
on new Tomocerus from China by Yu, Pan & Shi (2017),
on new Homidia from China by Ma & Pan (2017), publications received from Dr Zhi-Xiang Pan;
on new records of Collembola from India, Jharkhand, by Yadav (2017), publication received from Dr Ramesh Singh Yadav;
on a temporary checklist of Collembola from India, Uttar Pradesh, by Yadav (2017);
on the types of Collembola from Argentina of the La Plata Museum by Salazar-Martínez, Narvaez-Beinhorn & Bernava-Laborde (2017),
on new Neanurinae from China by Wang, Wang & Jiang (2016), publications received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on new Isotomidae from India by Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2017), publication received from Dr G.P. Mandal;
on new Friesea from South Africa by Weiner, Janion-Scheepers & Deharveng (2017), publication received from Dr Wanda Maria Weiner;
on new Megalothorax from Far East Russia and France by Schneider, Porco & Deharveng (2016);
on new Sinella from China by Xu & Chen (2016);
on first record of Dicyrtoma fusca from New Zealand by Greenslade, Boyer, Shielda & Wratten (2016),
on scale morphology of Lepidophorella australis from New Zealand by Hawes & Greenslade (2015), publications received from Dr Penelope Greenslade;
on Anurida maritima as potential bioindicator from the USA, New York by Rochlin, Dempsey, Iwanejko & Ninivaggi (2011);
on the primary structure of cadmium-induced metallothionein in Orchesella cincta from the Netherlands by Hensbergen, Donker, van Velzen, Roelofs, van der Schors, Hunziker & van Straalen (1999);
on selective egg cannibalism in Sinella curviseta by Waldorf (1971), publication received from Dr Jean-François Ponge.

The key to the species of Lobellina by Jiang, Wang & Xia (2018) has been provided.
The key to the species of Paralobella by Jiang, Wang & Xia (2018) has been provided.
The key to the species of Friesea from the sub-Sahara by Weiner, Janion-Scheepers & Deharveng (2017) has been provided.
The key to the species of Isotomurus from India by Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2017) has been provided.
The key to the species of Proisotoma from India by Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2017) has been provided.
The key to the families of Collembola from Canada, British Columbia by Cannings & Scudder (2005) has been provided.

2018.02.01-2018.02.28

Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:

on the status of Achorutes rosaceus Womersley 1939 from Australia by Greenslade (2018), email received from Dr Penelope Greenslade;
on repellent effects of insecticides against Protaphorura fimata from the USA, California by Joseph (2018);
on a redescription of Lepidocyrtus mariani and L. peisonis from Hungary by Winkler & Mateos (2018),
on new Pseudosinella from Hungary by Winkler & Mateos (2018), publications pointed out by Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the status of Mesaphorura krausbaueri from Germany by Weiner (2018), email received by Dr Wanda Maria Weiner;
on a synonymy of the fossil Devonohexapodus bocksbergensis with Wingertshellicus backesi by Kühl & Rust (2009), publication pointed out by Dr Penelope Greenslade;
on new Pseudosinella from Europe by da Gama (1973);
on new cave Pseudosinella from Europe by Gisin & da Gama (1969);
on new Aphorurini(sic) from Germany by Börner (1901), publication received by Dr Wanda Maria Weiner.

2018.03.01-2018.03.31

Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:

on a new Isotomurus from the Far East Russia Kuril Islands by Potapov, Porco & Deharveng (2018), publication shared by Dr Mikhail Potapov;
on the status of Xenylla stachi bismarckensis from the Bismarck Archipel by Deharveng (2018), email received from Dr Louis Deharveng;
on Folsomotoma octooculata from Antarctica by Fanciulli, Leo, Convey, Frati & Carapelli (2018);
on a new Amazhomidia from Brazil by Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2018), publication shared by Dr Nikolas G. Cipola;
on the vertical distribution of Collembola from India by Yadav, Kerketta, Kumar, & Prasad (2018),
on Collembola records from India by Yadav, Prasad & Kumar (2018),
on Collembola biodiversity from India, Uttar Pradesh by Yadav (2017), publications shared by Dr Ramesh Singh Yadav;
on a revision of the Collembola fauna of the South Shetland Islands by Greenslade (2010);
on new Sphyrothecinae from North Korea by Betsch & Weiner (2009), publication pointed out by Dr Penelope Greenslade;
on new Collembola from Hungaria by Loksa (1978), publication shared by Dr Enrique Baquero.

The key to the species of Amazhomidia by Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2018) has been provided.
The key to the species of Acanthocyrtus by Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2018) has been provided.
The key to the species of Folsomotoma by Fanciulli, Leo, Convey, Frati & Carapelli (2018) has been provided.

2018.04.01-2018.04.30

Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:

on the structure and function of the male ventral organ of Onychiuroides granulosus from Poland by Simiczyjew, Skarzynski, Smolis, Pomorski & Mazurkiewicz-Kania (2018), publication shared by Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on new cave Tomocerus from China by Yu & Deharveng (2018), publication shared by Dr Dao-Yuan Yu;
on new Metisotoma from Far East Russia by Potapov, Babenko, Fjellberg & Schulz (2018), publication shared by Dr Feng Zhang.
on a new Australotomurus from Australia by Greenslade & Jordana (2014), publication shared by Dr Rafael Jordana.

The key to the Palaearctic species of Metisotoma by Potapov, Babenko, Fjellberg & Schulz (2018) has been provided.