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
2017.05.31

Status

Status of the checklist

Group	# of Genera	# of Species	Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae	2	12	6
Anurophorinae	45	649	14
Arrhopalitidae	3	153	51
Bessoniellinae	1	1	1
Bourletiellidae	37	241	6
Brachystomellidae	18	134	7
Caputanurininae	2	11	5
Coenaletidae	1	2	2
Collophoridae	1	9	9
Cyphoderinae	13	137	10
Dicyrtominae	5	101	20
Entomobryinae	17	572	33
Frieseinae	4	188	47
Gulgastruridae	1	1	1
Heteromurinae	10	133	13
Hypogastruridae	40	708	17
Isotogastruridae	1	10	10
Isotominae	43	445	10
Katiannidae	21	212	10
Lepidocyrtinae	13	652	50
Lophognathellinae	2	2	1
Mackenziellidae	1	1	1
Microfalculidae	1	1	1
Morulininae	2	21	10
Neanurinae	100	771	7
Neelidae	7	53	7
Nothobryinae	3	5	1
Odontellidae	13	135	10
Oncobryidae	1	1	1
Oncopoduridae	3	55	18
Onychiurinae	51	661	12
Orchesellinae	5	130	26
Pachyotominae	6	29	4
Pachytullbergiidae	3	6	2
Paleotullbergiidae	1	1	1
Paronellinae	26	421	16
Poduridae	1	2	2
Praentomobryidae	2	2	1
Proisotominae	19	292	15
Protentomobryidae	1	1	1
Pseudachorutinae	57	478	8
Ptenothricinae	3	103	34
Seiridae	2	223	111
Sminthurididae	12	152	12
Sminthurinae	23	196	8
Songhaicinae	1	4	4
Sphyrothecinae	9	58	6
Spinothecidae	3	8	2
Sturmiidae	1	3	3
Tetrodontophorinae	3	3	1
Tomoceridae	16	175	10
Tullbergiidae	34	231	6
Uchidanurinae	3	6	2
Willowsiinae	14	155	11

Collembola	707	8756	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.

2017.01.01-2017.01.31

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

on a revision of Lebidobrya by Zhang, Greenslade & Stevens (2017);
on new Tullbergiidae from the USA by Bernard (2016), publication received from Dr Ernest C. Bernard;
on the polarization sensitivity in Podura aquatica by Egri (2017),
on the polarization sensitivity in Podura aquatica by Egri, Farkas, Kriska & Horváth (2016), publications received from Toby Barton;
on new records of Collembola from Spitsbergen by Naveau, Ledeganck & Beyens (2016);
on new records of Folsomia from Spain by Arbea (2016),
on cave records of Collembola from Spain by Abolafia & al. (2016), publications received from Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the systematics of Tomoceridae by Yu, Zhang, Stevens, Yan, Liu & Hu (2016),
on new Coecobrya from China by Xu & Zhang (2015),
on the independent origin of body scales in Entomobryidae by Zhang, Chen, Dong, Deharveng, Stevens, Huang & Zhu (2014),
on cave records of Collembola from the Mulun Karst, China by Deharveng, Brehier, Bedos, Tian, Li, Zhang, Qin & Tan (2008),
on the role of Collembola in soil ecosystems by Chen, Ma, Yan & Zhang (2007),
on soil animal communities (Collembola included) in farmland polluted by organochlorine by Li, Dong, Wang, Yan, Qu, Zhang, Ma & Chen (2005), publications received from Dr Feng Zhang;
on new Brachystomella from South America by Weiner & Najt (2001);
on Collembola from Tasmania by Ireson (1990).

The key to species of Brachystomella from South America has been added, in line with Weiner & Najt (2001).

2017.02.01-2017.02.28

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

on new Collembola records from India, Maharashtra by Bano (2016),
on new Collembola from India, Jharkhand by Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2016),
on new records of Paronellinae from India, Chhattisgarh by Mandal & Suman (2016), publications received from Dr Gurupada P. Mandal;
on Cyphoderus albinus in nests of Formica rufa group from Europe by Parmentier, Dekoninck & Wenseleers (2014);
on Collembola from urban areas in Warsaw and Mazovia, Poland by Sterzynska (1982).

2017.03.01-2017.03.31

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

on new Folsomia from New Zealand and Australia by Potapov, Janion-Scheepers & Deharveng (2017),
on a new Proisotoma from the Buryat Republic by Potapov & Bogomolov (2016),
on new Vertagopus from the Buryat Republic by Potapov, Gulgenova & Babykina (2016), publications received from Dr Mikhail Potapov;
on new Entomobya from Poland by Furgol (2017), publication received from Dr Michal Furgol;
on new Hymenaphorura from China by Sun (2014),
on a new Hymenaphorura from Romania by Busmachiu, Popa & Weiner (2014),
on a new Protaphorura from Romania by Radwanski, Fiera & Weiner (2006), publications received from Dr Cristina Fiera.

The key to species of Vertagopus from the Buryat Republic has been added, in line with Potapov, Gulgenova & Babykina (2016).
The key to genera of Dicyrtominae has been added, based on Bretfeld (1999).

2017.04.01-2017.04.30

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

on a new Neanura from Poland by Smolis & Deharveng (2017),
on a new Stachorutes from Italy by Fanciulli, Dallai, Frati & Carapelli (2017),
on a new Friesea from Australia by D'Haese, Stevens & Weiner (2017),
on a new Micronella from Patagonia by Arbea (2017), publications received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a new Heteromurus and Metasinella from the Lesser Antilles by Soto-Adames & Anderson (2017), publication received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
on new cave Pygmarrhopalites from Abkhazia by Vargovitsh (2017), publication received from Dr Robert S. Vargovitsh;
on the generic status of Pseudoparonellides bulbosa(sic) from India by Mandal (2017), email received from Dr Gurupada P. Mandal;
on new Onychiurinae records from Romania by Fiera & Weiner (2013), publication received from Dr Cristina Fiera.

The key to the species of Micronella has been updated, in line with Arbea (2017).
The key to the species of Stachorutes has been updated, based on Fanciulli, Dallai, Frati & Carapelli (2017).
The key to the species of Neanura has been added, in line with Smolis & Deharveng (2017).

2017.05.01-2017.05.31

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

on the generic status of Lepidocyrtoides pictus by Cipola (2017), email received from Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola;
on new Dicranocentrus from Brazil by Xisto & de Mendonça (2017), publication received from Dr Maria Cleide de Mendonça;
on a new cave Pygmarrhopalites and Pseudosinella from Spain by Jordana, Barranco, Amezcua & Baquero (2017),
on a new Folsomia from Far East Russia by Potapov, Fjellberg & Bokova (2017),
on a new Arlea from the USA by Bernard (2017),
on new Sensiphorura and Cephalachorutes from Southern Vietnam by Shveenkova (2017),
on a new cave Oligaphorura from Japan by Weiner & Pasnik (2017),
on a new Yuukianura from Vanuata by Deharveng, Palacios-Vargas & Bedos (2017),
on a new Americanura from Mexico by Arango, Villagomez & Palacios-Vargas (2017), publications received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on new Salina from South America by de Lima Oliveira & Cipola (2016), publication received from Dr Fábio Gonçalves de Lima Oliveira;
on a new Lepidocyrtoides from Australia by Liu, Chen & Greenslade (2008), publication received from Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola.

The key to the species of Arlea has been added, in line with Bernard (2017).