Checklist of the Collembola: History

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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
2019.12.31

Status

Status of the checklist

Group	# of Genera	# of Species	Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae	2	12	6
Anurophorinae	45	688	15
Arrhopalitidae	3	155	51
Bessoniellinae	1	1	1
Bourletiellidae	38	243	6
Brachystomellidae	18	138	7
Caputanurininae	2	11	5
Coenaletidae	1	2	2
Collophoridae	1	9	9
Cyphoderinae	19	287	15
Dicyrtominae	5	104	20
Entomobryinae	14	600	42
Frieseinae	4	199	49
Gulgastruridae	1	1	1
Heteromurinae	13	142	10
Hypogastruridae	40	732	18
Isotogastruridae	1	10	10
Isotominae	44	454	10
Katiannidae	21	216	10
Lepidocyrtinae	11	672	61
Lophognathellinae	2	2	1
Mackenziellidae	1	2	2
Microfalculidae	1	1	1
Morulininae	2	21	10
Neanurinae	101	809	8
Neelidae	7	63	9
Nothobryinae	3	6	2
Odontellidae	13	136	10
Oncobryidae	1	1	1
Oncopoduridae	3	55	18
Onychiurinae	49	699	14
Orchesellinae	5	122	24
Pachyotominae	6	30	5
Pachytullbergiidae	3	6	2
Paleotullbergiidae	1	1	1
Paronellinae	24	318	13
Poduridae	1	2	2
Praentomobryidae	2	2	1
Proisotominae	18	271	15
Protentomobryidae	1	1	1
Pseudachorutinae	58	498	8
Ptenothricinae	3	104	34
Salininae	17	280	16
Seirinae	2	235	117
Sminthurididae	12	157	13
Sminthurinae	18	192	10
Songhaicinae	5	13	2
Sphyrothecinae	9	61	6
Spinothecidae	3	8	2
Sturmiidae	1	3	3
Tetrodontophorinae	3	4	1
Tomoceridae	16	201	12
Tullbergiidae	34	232	6
Uchidanurinae	3	6	2
Willowsiinae	17	176	10

Collembola	729	9394	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.

2019.01.01-2019.01.31

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

on the status of forms of Orchesella sensu Stach 1930, 1960 by Arbea (2019), (2019), emails received from Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the Collembola of Canada by Turnbull & Stebaeva (2019), publication shared by ZooKeys Editorial Office;
on a new Lepidocyrtus with dancing behaviour from Croatia by Mateos & Lukic (2019), publication shared by Dr Eduardo Mateos;
on new records of Mackenziella psocoides from Holland by Berg, van Langevelde, Wynhoff & van Bezouw (2018), publication shared by Dr Matty Berg;
on new Collembola from Japan by Yosii (1970), publication shared by Adolf Suttrop;
on new Tomocerinae from the USA by Mills (1949), publication shared by Dr Anatoly Babenko;
on new Thysanures(sic) from northern Africa by Lucas (1846);
on a review of the work of Nicolet on the Thysanoures(sic) by Lucas (1846).

2019.02.01-2019.02.28

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

on a new Brasilimeria from Brazil by Zeppelini, Queiroz, Lopes & Mendonça-Junior (2019),
on a new Archisotoma from Brazil by de Lima, Zeppelini & de Mendonça (2019), publications shared by Dr Douglas Zeppelini;
on a new cave Coecobrya from Thailand by Jantarit, Satasook & Deharveng (2019), publication shared by Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the correct spelling of Orchesella mauritanica Lucas 1846 by Arbea (2019), email received from Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on a revision of Trogolaphysa from Africa by Nguyen & Soto-Adames (2018);
on a checklist of the Podurida(sic) by Kolenati (1858),
on Podurides(sic) from Algeria by Lucas (1849), publications shared by Dr Javier I. Arbea.

The key to the species of Brasilimeria has been provided by Zeppelini, Queiroz, Lopes & Mendonça-Junior (2019).
The key to the species of Archisotoma has been provided by de Lima, Zeppelini & de Mendonça (2019).
The key to the troglomorphic species of Coecobrya from Thailand has been provided by Jantarit, Satasook & Deharveng (2019).
The key to the African species of Trogolaphysa has been provided by Nguyen & Soto-Adames (2018).

2019.03.01-2019.03.31

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

on a new Cosberella from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas & Castaño-Meneses (2019), publication received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on the habitus of Desoria tigrina by Fjellberg (2019), email received from Dr Arne Fjellberg;
on the identification of Entomobrya specimens on habitus photographs from Australia by Greenslade (2019), email received from Dr Penny Greenslade;
on a new Ceratophysella from China by Weiner, Xie, Li & Sun (2019);
on Campylothorax from Costa Rica by Culik in Baquero (2018), email received from Dr Enrique Baquero;
on a new Narynia from China by Huang, Potapov & Gao (2010);
on the morphology of the juvenile stages of Mesaphorura macrochaeta by Luciañez Sanchez & Simon Benito (1988).

The key to the species of Ceratophysella from China has been provided by Weiner, Xie, Li & Sun (2019).
The key to the species of Cosberella has been provided by Palacios-Vargas & Castaño-Meneses (2019).

2019.04.01-2019.04.30

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

on a revision of Tyrannoseira from Brazil by Cipola, de Morais, Godeiro & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola;
on new Temeritas from Brazil by da Silva Medeiros & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Dr Bruno Cavalcante Bellini;
on new Neanuridae from Brazil by da Rocha Neves, de Mendonça & Queiroz (2019), publication shared by Dr Javier Arbea;
on a new Scutisotoma from Brazil by de Mendonça & da Silveira (2019), publication shared by Dr Maria Cleide de Mendonça.

The key to the species of Tyrannoseira has been provided by Cipola, de Morais, Godeiro & Bellini (2019).

2019.05.01-2019.05.31

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

on a new genus of Pseudachorutinae with pseudocelli from Colombia by Palacios-Vargas (2019), publication shared by Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a new Xenylla from China by Jia & Skarzynski (2019), publication shared by Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on a checklist of Collembola from Canada and Alaska by Babenko, Stebaeva & Turnbull (2019);
on a checklist of Collembola from western Iran by Kahrarian (2019), publication shared by Dr Javier Arbea;
on the authority of Onychiuridae by Vargovitsh (2019), emails received from Dr Robert Vargovitsh;
on a revision of the taxonomic system of the Collembola by Börner (1913);
on new Sminthuridae from the UK by Lubbock (1862),
on new Sminthuridae and Poduridae from the UK by Lubbock (1862), publications shared by Dr Robert Vargovitsh.

The key to the species of Xenylla from Asia has been provided by Jia & Skarzynski (2019).

2019.06.01-2019.06.30

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

on a new Nothobrya from Brazil by Nunes & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Dr Bruno Cavalcante Bellini;
on a new extreme troglomorph Onychiurinae from the west Caucasus by Vargovitsh (2019), publication shared by Dr Robert S. Vargovitsh.

The key to the species of Nothobryinae has been provided by Nunes & Bellini (2019).
The key to the species of Capbrya has been provided by Nunes & Bellini (2019).
The key to the species of Nothobrya has been provided by Nunes & Bellini (2019).

2019.07.01-2019.07.31

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

on an overview of cave Collembola by Lukic (2019), publication shared by Dr Marko Lukic;
on a new Aethiopella from Brazil by da Paz, Queiroz & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Drs Bruno Cavalcante Bellini and Raiane Vital da Paz;
on a new Hypogastrura from India by Mandal & Arbea (2019),
on a new Sinella and new Cyphoderopsis from India by Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2019),
on a new Lepidocyrtoides from India by Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2019), publications shared by Dr Guru Pada Mandal;
on a swimming pool infestation of Collembola in Spain by Arbea (2018);
on new Troglopedetes from Nepal and Madagascar by Wilson (1982),
on new Collembola from Cuba by Massoud & Gruia (1973), publications shared by Dr Ernest C. Bernard;
on a new Tomocerus from France by Cassagnau (1962), publication shared by Dr Peter Shaw.

The key to the species of Hypogastrura from India has been provided by Mandal & Arbea (2019).
The key to the neotropical species of Aethiopella has been provided by da Paz, Queiroz & Bellini (2019).

2019.08.01-2019.08.31

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

on the tentative systematic position of Odontellidae by Ichisawa (2019), email received from Dr Kei Ichisawa;
on the spelling of Pseudosinella meganporteri from the USA by Stephen (2019) and Soto-Adames (2019), emails received from Drs Charles D.R. Stephen and Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
on the cryptic diversity in the Lepidocyrtus lanuginosus group from Europe by Zhang, Chen, Mateos, Schue & Schaefer (2019), publication shared by Marie Louise Huskens;
on a new Lepidosira from Brazil by Nunes, Godeiro, Pacheco, Liu, Gilbert, Alvarez-Valin, Zhang & Bellini (2019, 2019), publication shared by Dr Bruno Cavalcante Bellini;
on new Collembola from France by Denis (1932), publication shared by Drs Cristina Fiera and Anatoly Babenko.

The key to the neotropical genera of Entomobryinae and Willowsiinae has been provided by Nunes, Godeiro, Pacheco, Liu, Gilbert, Alvarez-Valin, Zhang & Bellini (2019).
The key to the families of Onychiuroidea has been updated in line with Ichisawa (2019).

2019.09.01-2019.09.30

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

on a new Willemia from Panama by García-Gómez & Palacios-Vargas (2019),
on a synthesis of the Symphypleona from Mexico by Magaña-Martínez, Palacios-Vargas & Navarrete-Heredia (2019) publications shared by Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a mitochondrial phylogeny of the orders in Collembola by Leo, Carapelli, Cicconardi, Frati & Nardi (2019) publication shared by Dr Javier Arbea;
on two new Homidia from China by Pan & Yang (2019),
on a new Sinhomidia from China by Pan, Si & Zhang (2019), publications shared by Dr Zhi-Xiang Pan;
on the beta-diversity in cave Collembola from Romania by Fiera, Habel & Ulrich (2018),
on environmental correlates of community structure in cave Collembola from Romania by Fiera, Habel, Puchalka & Ulrich (2018),
on the negative effect on urban springtail species richness with increasing air pollution in Warsaw, Poland by Sterzynska, Nicia, Zadrozny, Fiera, Shrubovych & Ulrich (2018),
on Collembola records from urbanistic sites from Roumania by Manu, Szekely, Oromulu, Barbuceanu, Honciuc, Maican, Fiera, Purice, & Ion (2015),
on the application of isotopes and lipid analysis to determine the origin of posible food sources consumed by Collembola from Roumania by Fiera (2014),
on the biodiversity of Collembola in urban soils and their use as bioindicators for pollution from Bucharest, Roumania by Fiera (2009), publications shared by Dr Cristina Fiera;
on the ultrastructure of the eye of Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni from Antarctica by Meyer-Rochow, Reid & Gal (2005), publication shared by Ian Jacobs.

The key to the species of Willemia from the Americas has been provided by García-Gómez & Palacios-Vargas (2019).

2019.10.01-2019.10.31

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

on a redescription of Ceratophysella macrocantha from the Austrian Alps by Skarzynski (2019),
on a new Hypogastrura from the USA by Skarzynski (2019), publications shared by Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on a new classification of chewing mandibulae in Collembola by Raymond-Léonard, Gravel & Handa (2019), publication shared by Dr Laura J. Raymond-Léonard;
on the misidentification of a Ceratophysella sp. from the USA by Potapov (2019), email received from Dr Mikhail Potapov;
on the Collembola from Brazil (Parque Estadual Mata São Francisco : norte do Paraná) by Cipola, Zequi & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the mitogenome of Cryptopygus antarcticus travei from the sub-antarctic Prince Edward Islands by Monsanto, van Vuuren, Jagatap, Jooste, Janion-Scheepers, Teske & Emami-Khoyi (2019);
on the genetic diversity of Collembola from Antarctica by Collins, Hogg, Convey, Barnes & McDonald (2019);
on new records of Collembola from Iran by Alijani-Ardeshir, Shayanmehr & Amiri-Besheli (2017);
on the belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (Collembola included) by Bardgett & van der Putten (2014), publication shared by Dr Brenton Ladd;
on the epicuticular ultrastructure of Entomobryomorpha (= lapsus for Xenylla) from Nord Korea by Meyer-Rochow (2013), publication shared by Dr Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow;
on the distribution of Collembola from Australia along an altitudinal transect by Greenslade & Kitching (2011);
on the key of the Collembola from Britain and Ireland by Hopkin (2007);
on the anatomy of the furcal muscles of Collembola by Pistor (1955), publication shared by Dr Aron D. Katz.

2019.11.01-2019.11.30

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

on new Oligaphorura from China and Far East Russia by Sun, Shveenkova, Xie & Babenko (2019), publication shared by Dr Julia B. Shveenkova;
on the distribution and radiation of Verhoeffiella from Europe by Lukic, Delic, Pavlek, Deharveng & Zagmajster (2019), publication shared by Dr Marko Lukic;
on the status of Entomobrya cognata from Austria by Jordana (2019), email received from Dr Rafael Jordana;
on Australian records of Paranurophorus simplex by Kamsteeg (2019), email received from Gertjan Kamsteeg;
on a mitochondrial ordinal phylogeny of the Collembola by Leo, Nardi, Frati, Fanciulli, Cucini, Vitale, Brunetti & Carapelli (2019), publication shared by Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on Collembola from the UK, London by Shaw in Ware & al. (2017), publication shared by Toby Barton;
on a new cave Pseudosinella from France by Stomp & Gouze (1984),
on new Collembola from Argentina by de Izarra (1965),
on new Collembola from Tanzania by Delamare Deboutteville (1953),
on new cave Collembola from Italy by Denis (1931), publications shared by Dr Aron D. Katz;
on cave dwelling Collembola from Italy by Nosek & Paoletti (1981), publication shared by Dr Robert Vargovitsh;
on new Collembola from New Zealand by Salmon (1942), publication shared by Dr Enrique Baquero Martin;
on new Collembola from North America by Mills (1932), publication shared by Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola.

The key to the species of Oligaphorura from East Asia has been provided by Sun, Shveenkova, Xie & Babenko (2019).

2019.12.01-2019.12.31

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

on new records of Entomobryomorpha from Iran by Yahyapour, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Shayanmehr & Arbea (2019);
on the distribution of Seira dowlingi from the America's by Cipola, Godeiro & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Dr Nikolas G. Cipola;
on the systematics of Entomobryoidea by Zhang, Bellini & Soto-Adames (2019),
on a phylogenomic study based on low-coverage whole-genome sequencing of Hexapoda (Collembola included) by Zhang, Ding, Zhu, Zhou, Orr, Scheu & Luan (2019),
on the genome assembly of Sinella curviseta from China by Zhang, Ding, Zhou, Wu, Luo & Zhu (2019), publications shared by Dr Feng Zhang;
on new Plumachaetas from Oceania by Oliveira, Greenslade & Bellini (2019), publication shared by Dr Fábio G.L. Oliveira.
on an undescribed Seira feeding on eggs of Bargada hilaris from California by Pickett, Hogg, Grettenberger, Borkent, Calacson & Sforza (2018), publication shared by Dr Michael J. Pitcairn;
on aquatic Collembola from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas, Cortés-Guzmán & Alcocer (2018), publication shared by Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a checklist of the Collembola from Algeria, the Collo massif by Bendjaballah, Zoughailech, Brahim-Bounab, Hamra-Kroua, Bedos & Deharveng (2018),
on new records of Collembola from Algeria, the Collo and Edough massifs by Zoughailech (2017), publication and unpublished thesis shared by Bernard Nogues;
on new records of Collembola from Iran by Shayanmehr, Mirab-Balou & Kaprus (2017);
on new species of Endonura from Iran and Turkmenistan by Smolis, Shayanmehr, Kuznetsova & Lafooraki (2017);
on new records of Entomobryomorpha from Iran by Yoosefi-Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2014).

The key to the species of Plumachaetas has been provided by Oliveira, Greenslade & Bellini (2019).
The key to the families of Entomobryoidea,
the key to the subfamilies of Orchesellidae,
the key to the tribes of Nothobryinae,
the key to the tribes of Orchesellinae,
the key to the tribes of Heteromurinae,
the key to the subfamilies of Entomobryidae,
the key to the subfamilies of Paronellidae,
the key to the tribes of Paronellinae,
the key to the tribes of Salininae have been provided by Zhang, Bellini & Soto-Adames (2019).