Checklist of the Collembola: History

http://www.collembola.org/doc/history.htm - Last updated on 2014.01.13 by Frans Janssens

Checklist of the Collembola: History - 2013

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
2013.12.31

Status

Status of the checklist

Group	# of Genera	# of Species	Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae	2	12	6
Anurophorinae	32	353	11
Arrhopalitidae	3	145	48
Bourletiellidae	37	245	6
Brachystomellidae	18	133	7
Capbryinae	2	3	1
Caputanurininae	2	11	5
Coenaletidae	1	2	2
Collophoridae	1	9	9
Cyphoderinae	12	128	10
Dicyrtominae	5	98	19
Entomobryinae	14	508	36
Frieseinae	5	189	37
Gulgastruridae	1	1	1
Hypogastruridae	40	706	17
Isotogastruridae	1	8	8
Isotominae	48	504	10
Katiannidae	168	205	1
Lepidocyrtinae	14	661	47
Lophognathellinae	2	2	1
Mackenziellidae	1	1	1
Microfalculidae	1	1	1
Morulininae	2	21	10
Neanurinae	95	757	7
Neelidae	5	46	9
Odontellidae	13	135	10
Oncobryidae	1	1	1
Oncopoduridae	2	54	27
Onychiurinae	51	605	11
Orchesellinae	13	253	19
Pachyotominae	5	28	5
Pachytullbergiidae	3	4	1
Paleotullbergiidae	1	1	1
Paronellinae	27	389	14
Poduridae	1	2	2
Praentomobryidae	2	2	1
Proisotominae	25	505	20
Protentomobryidae	1	1	1
Pseudachorutinae	51	462	9
Ptenothricinae	3	109	36
Seirinae	6	270	45
Sminthurididae	11	150	13
Sminthurinae	21	192	9
Sphyrothecinae	8	57	7
Spinothecidae	3	6	2
Sturmiidae	1	3	3
Tetrodontophorinae	3	3	1
Tomoceridae	16	166	10
Tullbergiidae	32	216	6
Uchidanurinae	8	16	2
Willowsiinae	9	56	6

Collembola	829	8435	10

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;
Seirinae.

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.

2013.01.01-2013.01.31

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

on a new genus and species of Hymenaphorurini from the USA by Smolis & Skarzynski (2013), publication received from Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on a checklist of the Collembola from Iran by Falahati, Shayan Mehr & Khyroodin (2013), publication received from Asghar Falahati Hossein Abad;
on new records of Isotomidae from Iran by Falahati, Potapov, Sarailoo, Mehr & Yazdanian (2013);
on new records of Symphypleona from Iran by Falahati, Kheirodin & Bretfeld (2013);
on a new Homidia from China by Shi & Pan (2012), publication received from Dr Zhi-Xiang Pan;
on a new Ceratophysella from Peru by Palacios-Vargas & Bocanegra (2012), publication received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on domestic records of Isotomurus plumosus, Entomobrya nigrocincta and E. schoetti from Spain by Arbea (2012),
on Collembola communities on beaches of the Costa Brava in Spain by Arbea & Ariza (2012), publications received from Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the effect of metal pollution on Collembola communities and diets from France by Gillet & Ponge (2003), publication received from Dr Jean-François Ponge;
on a new pathogen fungus in Sminthurus viridis by Keller & Steenberg (1997);
on new Symphypleona from New Zealand by Salmon (1946).

The key to the genera of Hymenaphorurini has been added, based on Smolis & Skarzynski (2013).

2013.02.01-2013.02.28

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

on a new Sminthurinus from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas, Hornung-Leoni & Garrido (2012),
on a new Americanura from Costa Rica by Paniagua Nucamendi (2012), publications received from Dr José Palacios-Vargas;
on new recent Collembola taxa based on (Feuilles d') Informations Apterygotologiques, Nos 1078 - 1086, (2013), e-mail received from Dr Cyrille D'Haese;
on the biodiversity of Mediterranean Collembola by de Figueroa, López-Rodríguez, Fenoglio, Sánchez-Castillo & Fochetti (2012), publication received from Dr Stefano Fenoglio.

2013.03.01-2013.03.31

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

on records of Collembola from Quintana Roo, Mexico by Cutz-Pool & Vázquez-González (2012);
on the biology of the winter active Ceratophysella sigillata from Switzerland by Zettel & Zettel (2008);
on chemical alarm communication in Ceratophysella sigillata from Switzerland by Pfander & Zettel (2004);
on the jumping technique of Ceratophysella sigillata from Switzerland by Zettel, Zettel & Egger (2000);
on the morphology of the reproductive stage of Ceratophysella denticulata from Poland by Skarzynski (2000).

2013.04.01-2013.04.30

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

on the new genus Bellisotoma from North America by Soto-Adames, Giordana & Christiansen (2013), publication received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
on the progress on the systematic study of the basal Hexapoda (in Chinese) by Bu, Gao, Luan & Yin (2012),
on new Vitronura from China by Gao, Bu & Palacios-Vargas (2012),
on new Willemia from China by Bu, Potapov & Gao (2012), publications received from Dr Yun Bu.

The key to the species of Vitronura has been added, based on Gao, Bu & Palacios-Vargas (2012).

2013.05.01-2013.05.31

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

on a new Arrhopalites from Abkhazia by Vargovitsh (2013), publication received from Dr Robert S. Vargovitsh;
on a new Collophora from Brazil by Zeppelini & Brito (2013), publication received from Dr Douglas Zeppelini;
on the use of inert pads to study the Collembola of suspended soils from the UK by Shaw (2013), publication received from Dr Peter Shaw;
on the replacement name Cassagnaua for Pectinura Cassagnau 1983 nec Forbes 1843 by Özdikmen (2009);
on a new Arrhopalites from the Moravian karst by Nosek (1975), publication received from Dr Robert Vargovitsh.

The key to the species groups of Arrhopalites has been added, based on Vargovitsh (2013).

The key to the species of the caecus group of Arrhopalites has been added, based on Vargovitsh (2013).

The key to the species of the diversus group of Arrhopalites has been added, based on Vargovitsh (2013).

The key to the species of the harveyi group of Arrhopalites has been added, based on Vargovitsh (2013).

2013.06.01-2013.06.30

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

on a new cave Pygmarrhopalites from Spain by Arbea (2013),
on a new cave Pseudosinella from Spain by Arbea (2013),
on some morphological anomalies in Onychiurus gevorum from Spain by Arbea (2013),
on new records of Isotomidae from Iran by Kahrarian & Arbea (2013), publications received from Dr Javier Arbea;
on predation on cave Collembola by the mite Traegaardhia cf. dalmatina from Belgium by Skubala, Dethier, Madej, Solarz, Makol & Kazmierski (2013), publication received from Dr Michel Dethier;
on a bioluminescent Lobella from Japan by Oba, Branham & Fukatsu (2011), publication received from Dr Marcel Koken, Dr Yun Bu and Dr Mikhail Potapov;
on bioluminescence in Hypogastruridae and Neanuridae by Viviani (2002), publication received from Dr Marcel Koken;
on Collembola attracted by luminous fungi from the USA by Sivinski (1981), publication received from Dr Mikhail Potapov.

2013.07.01-2013.07.31

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

on a new Folsomides from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas & Villarreal-Rosas (2013), publication received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas.

2013.08.01-2013.08.31

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

on a new Morulina from NW China by Palacios-Vargas & Gao (2013),
on Mexicaphorura, a new genus of Tullbergiidae from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas & Catalán (2013),
on new Collembola records from Mexico by Cruz-Leal, Escalente-Jiménez, Salgado-Ortiz & Palacios-Vargas (2013), publications received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on new Collembola from North India by Denis (1936), publication received from Dr Enrique Baquero.

The key to the species of Morulina has been added, based on Palacios-Vargas & Gao (2013).

2013.09.01-2013.09.30

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

on new recent Collembola taxa based on (Feuilles d') Informations Apterygotologiques, Nos 1092 - 1098, (2013), e-mail received from Dr Cyrille D'Haese;
on a revision of Megalothorax by Schneider & D'Haese (2013), publication received from Dr Cyrille D'Haese;
on a new Superodontella from Algeria by Arbea, Brahim-Bounab & Hamra-Kroua (2013),
on new records of cave Collembola from Spain by Arbea (2013), publications received from Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on a new Tetracanthella from Romania by Fiera, Konikiewicz & Skarzynski (2013),
on a new Hypogastrura from Iran by Kahrarian, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Skarzynski, Konikiewicz, Soleymannezhadyan, Mehr, & Shams (2013), publications received from Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on new Folsomia from Buryat Republic (Russia, East Siberia) by Potapov & Gulgenova (2013), publication received from Dr Mikhail Potapov.

The key to the species of Megalothorax has been added, based on Schneider & D'Haese (2013).

2013.10.01-2013.10.31

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

on new cave species and records of Collembola from Illinois, USA by Soto-Adames & Taylor (2013), publication received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
on the Collembola species list from Iran by Shayanmehr, Yahyapour, Kahrarian & Lafooraki (2013), publication received from Zookeys Editorial Office;
on the Collembola biodiversity from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas (2013), publication received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on Folsomia candida as a method to identify low-permeability barriers in an aquifer from Michigan, USA by Sullivan, Dreyer & Peterson (2009), publication received from Maarten De Cock.

2013.11.01-2013.11.30

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

on Collembola records from India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi by Santeshw, Raghuraman & Singh (2013);
on new Brachystomellidae from Brazil by Queiroz & de Mendonça (2013),
on new Neotropiella from Brazil by Queiroz, da Silveira & de Mendonça (2013), publications received from Dr Gabriel C. Queiroz;
on a new Homidia and Sinella from China by Yuan & Pan (2013), publication received from Dr Zhi-Xiang Pan;
on exotic Collembola introduced on islands from Antarctica by Greenslade & Convey (2011), unpagenumbered draft publication received from Dr Penelope Greenslade;
on the checklist of Collembola from Moldova by Busmachiu (2010);
on a fossil parasitic fungus on Entomobryomorpha in Baltic amber from Russia by Dörfelt & Schmidt (2005);
on redescriptions of Paronellidae from Australia by Greenslade & Yoshii (2000), publication received from Anthony Daley;
on spherules in crushed scale of Podura: Degeeria domestica from the UK by Beaumont & Royston-Pigott (1873);
on the mating behaviour of Podura from Austria by Hermann (1865);
on new Podura from Europe by Scopoli (1763);
on new Podura from Greece by Poda (1761).

The key to the tribes of Paronellinae has been added, based on Mitra (1993).

The key to the genera of Bromacanthini has been added, based on Mitra (1993).

The key to the genera of Callyntrurini has been added, based on Mitra (1993).

The key to the genera of Cremastocephalini has been added, based on Mitra (1993).

The key to the genera of Paronellini has been added, based on Mitra (1993).

2013.12.01-2013.12.31

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

on the status of Acherontides leo Palacios-Vargas & Zeppelini 1995 by Deharveng (2013), email received from Dr Louis Deharveng;
on a new Mucrosomia from Brazil by de Mendonça & Gueiroz (2013), publication received from Dr Gabriel Costa Gueiroz;
on new Megalothorax from Slovakia and Romania by Papác & Kovác (2013), publication received from Dr L'ubomír Kovác;
on a new Ceratophysella from Japan by Nakamori (2013);
on new records of Entomobryidae from Poland by Furgol & Skarzynski (2010);
on the species list of Collembola from Michigan (USA) by Snider (1967);
on a new cave Folsomia from Hungary by Loksa (1959);
on new Onychiuridae from Yugoslavia by Kos (1939), publication received from Dr Igor Kaprus;
on Podura from the world by Hill (1773).