http://www.collembola.org/doc/history.htm - Last updated on 2016.12.31 by Frans Janssens
Checklist of the Collembola: History - 2016

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
2016.12.31

Status

Status of the checklist
Group # of Genera # of Species Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae2126
Anurophorinae4463014
Arrhopalitidae315050
Bessoniellinae111
Bourletiellidae372416
Brachystomellidae181327
Caputanurininae2115
Coenaletidae122
Collophoridae199
Cyphoderinae1313510
Dicyrtominae59919
Entomobryinae1556137
Frieseinae418746
Gulgastruridae111
Heteromuridae1012612
Hypogastruridae4070817
Isotogastruridae11010
Isotominae4344310
Katiannidae2121110
Lepidocyrtinae1364949
Lophognathellinae221
Mackenziellidae111
Microfalculidae111
Morulininae22110
Neanurinae1007707
Neelidae7537
Nothobryinae351
Odontellidae1313510
Oncobryidae111
Oncopoduridae35518
Onychiurinae5165712
Orchesellinae513026
Pachyotominae6294
Pachytullbergiidae341
Paleotullbergiidae111
Paronellinae2541816
Poduridae122
Praentomobryidae221
Proisotominae2029914
Protentomobryidae111
Pseudachorutinae574768
Ptenothricinae310434
Seiridae2223111
Sminthurididae1215212
Sminthurinae231958
Songhaicinae144
Sphyrothecinae9586
Spinothecidae382
Sturmiidae133
Tetrodontophorinae331
Tomoceridae1617510
Tullbergiidae322267
Uchidanurinae362
Willowsiinae1616310

Collembola704870112

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:

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.
2016.01.01-2016.01.31
Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
  • The key to the genera of Entomobryinae has been updated, in line with Zhang & Deharveng (2015) and Zhang, Sun, Yu & Wang (2015).
  • The key to the genera of Seiridae has been updated, in line with Bellini & Zeppelini (2011) and Zhang, Sun, Yu & Wang (2015).
    2016.02.01-2016.02.29
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on a new genus of Neelidae from Mexico by Pápac & Palacios-Vargas (2016);
    • on new Campylothorax from the Dominican Republic by Soto-Adames (2016), publication received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
    • on the synonymy of Seira raptora by Cipola (2016),
    • on the subgenera of Seira by Cipola (2016), emails received from Dr Nikolas G. Cipola;
    • on the checklist of the Collembola from Corsica by Schulz (2015), publication received from Dr Hans-Jürgen Schulz;
    • on a new Seira from Brazil by Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2014),
    • on new Entomobryidae from the Himalayas by Baquero, Mandal & Jordana (2014),
    • on new Seira from Morocco by Negri, Pellecchia & Fanciulli (2005), publications received from Dr Nikolas G. Cipola;
    • on the redescription of Friesea handschini from Romania by Dányi, Traser & Kaprus (2010).
    • on the generic classification, evolution and biogeography of the Sminthuridae of the world by Richards (1968). publication received from Adolf Suttrop.
  • The key to the subgenera of Seira has been added, in line with Cipola in litt. (2016).
  • The key to the genera of Neelidae has been added, in line with Pápac & Palacios-Vargas (2016).
    2016.03.01-2016.03.31
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on new Tullbergiidae from Argentina by Arbea (2016) publication received from Dr Javier I. Arbea;
    • on a revision of Heteromurini by Cipola, de Lima Oliveira, de Morais & Bellini (2016) publication received from Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola;
    • on new Neelus cave species from Croatia by Papác, Lukic & Kovác (2016) publication received from Dr L'Ubomír Kovác;
    • on supplementary descriptions of Sinella and Coecobrya from North America, Hawaii and Japan by Wu, Yan & Zhang (2016);
    • on new Xenylla and Cephalachorutes from Brazil by Queiroz & de Mendonça (2016);
    • on Allacma fusca 'Insekt des Jahren 2016' from Germany, Austria, Switzerland by Schulz & Stark (2016) publication received from Dr Hans-Jürgen Schulz;
    • on new records of Isotomidae from Mid Europe by Schulz (2010).
  • The key to the species of Neelus has been added, in line with Pápac, Lukic & Kovác (2016).
  • The key to the genera of Heteromurini has been added, in line with Cipola, de Lima Oliveira, de Morais & Bellini (2016).
  • The key to the species of Alloscopus has been added, in line with Cipola, de Lima Oliveira, de Morais & Bellini (2016).
  • The key to the species of Heteromurtrella has been added, in line with Cipola, de Lima Oliveira, de Morais & Bellini (2016).
  • The key to the species of Tullbergiidae from Argentina Tierra del Fuego has been added, in line with Arbea (2016).
    2016.04.01-2016.04.30
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on new Entomobryidae and Paronellidae from the Galapagos Islands by Katz, Taylor, Soto-Adames, Addison, Hoese, Sutton, & Toulkeridis (2016) publication received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
    • on a new undescribed cave Trogolaphysa parasitised by a new undescribed Microtrombidiidae from Brazil by de Oliveira, de Oliveira Bernardi, Zeppelini & Ferreira (2016);
    • on a new genus of scaled Entomobryinae from Brazil by Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2016) publication received from Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola;
    • on the redescription of Protanura papillata from Israel and Iran by Smolis, Skarzynski, Kahrarian & Kaprus (2016);
    • on the dynamics of soil Collembola communities in a deep karst valley of Slovakia by Raschmanová, Miklisová & Kovác (2016);
    • on Collembola found on a pruritic scalp of a woman in Italy by Nasca, Lacarrubba & Micali (2015) publication received from Dr Katrien Vossaert.
  • The key to the genera of Willowsiinae has been updated, in line with Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2016).
  • The key to the genera of Entomobryinae has been updated, in line with Cipola, de Morais & Bellini (2016).
  • The key to the mediterranean species of Protanura has been added, in line with Smolis, Skarzynski, Kahrarian & Kaprus (2016).
    2016.05.01-2016.05.31
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on new Salina from Brazil and Colombia by de Lima Oliveira & Cipola (2016) publication received from Dr Fábio Gonçalves de Lima Oliveira;
    • on an update of the checklist of the Collembola from New Zealand by Greenslade (2015) publication received from Dr Penelope Greenslade;
    • on new Drepanura from Australia by Ma, Chun & Greenslade (2015) publication received from Dr Rafael Jordana;
    • on Collembola from France in association with Ekbom's syndrome by Desoubeaux, Saada, Bailly, Guiguen & Chandenier (2015) publication received from Dr Katrien Vossaert.
  • The key to the species of the beta species-group of Salina from the New World has been added, in line with de Lima Oliveira & Cipola (2016).
  • The key to the species of Drepanura from Australia has been added, in line with Ma, Chun & Greenslade (2015).
    2016.06.01-2016.06.30
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on new fossil Symphypleona in Cretaceous amber from Spain by Sánchez-García & Engel (2016);
    • on Collembola in Bromeliaceae from Mexico by Castaño-Meneses, Palacios-Vargas, Cano-Santana, García-Franco & Rico-Gray, (2016),
    • on the collection of Collembola specimens of the Science Faculty UNAM from Latin America by Cruz-Leal, Palacios-Vargas & Montejo-Cruz (2016),
    • on Collembola in lombricompost from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas, Ortiz-Ceballos & Salvador-Escobedo (2016), publications received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
    • on new cave Plutomurus from Georgia by Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana (2016) publication received from Drs Enrique Baquero and Rafael Jordana;
    • on a redescription of Plutomurus kelasuricus from Georgia by Barjadze & Djanashvili (2014);
    • on the phylogeography of Lepidocyrtus species from the N-W Mediterranean basin by Cicconardi, Nardi, Emerson, Frati & Fanciulli (2010).
  • The key to the species of Plutomurus from Georgia has been added, in line with Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana (2016).
  • The key to the species of Plutomurus from the Caucasus has been added, in line with Barjadze & Djanashvili (2014).
    2016.07.01-2016.07.31
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on a new Isotomiella from Brazil by de Mendonça & Queiroz (2016), publication received from Dr Maria Cleide de Mendonça;
    • on the alleged use of Collembola in biological warfare of the US in North Korea by Sames, Kim & Klein (2008?).
    2016.08.01-2016.08.31
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on a new genus of Isotominae from Antarctica by Stevens & D'Haese (2016), publication received from Dr Mark I. Stevens;
    • on a new Campylothorax from Brazil by da Silva Santos, Cipola & Bellini in da Silva Santos & al. (2016),
    • on a new Campylothorax from Brazil by Cipola & de Lima Oliveira (2016), publications received from Dr Nikolas G. Cipola;
    • on a Collembola records from West Bengal by Mandal, Suman & Hazra (2011), publication received from Dr Hemant Ghate;
    • on new Brachystomellinae from Mexico by Najt & Palacios-Vargas (1986), publication received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas.
  • The key to the subfamilies of Isotomidae has been added, based on Potapov (2001).
    2016.09.01-2016.09.30
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on a new Protaphorura from Slovakia by Parimuchová & Kovác (2016), publication received from Dr L'ubomír Kovác;
    • on new Sinella from China by Xu & Zhang (2016);
    • on new cave Sinella from China by Zhao & Zhang (2016);
    • on new records of Onychiurinae from Iran by Kahrarian, Kaprus, Vafaei-Shoushtari & Shayanmehr (2016);
    • on new Collembola from Chile by Rapoport & Rubio (1963), publication received from Adolf Suttrop.
  • The key to the species of Protaphorura of the World has been added, in line with Parimuchová & Kovác (2016).
    2016.10.01-2016.09.31
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on a history of Hexapoda phylogenetics, by Kjer, Simon, Yavorskaya & Beutel (2016);
    • on new Protaphorura from the Eastern Palearctic by Kaprus, Weiner & Pasnik (2016), publication received from Dr Igor Kaprus';
    • on the redescription of 2 troglobiotic Deuteraphorura from Slovakia by Parimuchová & Kovác (2016), publication received from Dr L'ubomír Kovác;
    • on aquatic Collembola records from the Appalachian Mts USA by Glime (2015);
    • on a symbiotic gut Trichomyceta in Hydroisotoma schaefferi from the USA by Cafaro (2002);
    • on new Smynthuri(sic) from the USA by Folsom (1896);
    • on new Collembola from the USA by MacGillivray (1894);
    • on comments on replacement names of generic names of Collembola by Cockerell (1894);
    • on biological observations on Sminthurus apicalis from Finnland by Levander (1894);
    • on an overview of new Collembola descibed in 1893 by Bertkau (1894);
    • on new Collembola from the USA by MacGillivray (1893), (1893).
  • The key to the species of Deuteraphorura without pseudocelli on prothoracic tergum has been added, in line with Parimuchová & Kovác (2016).
  • The key to the species of Protaphorura from the Eastern Palearctic has been added, in line with Kaprus, Weiner & Pasnik (2016).
    2016.11.01-2016.11.30
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on new Willowsia from China by Pan & Zhang (2016);
    • on new Pseudachorutes from Northeastern Algeria by Zoughailech, Hamra-Kroua & Deharveng (2016), publication received from Dr Salah Hamra-Kroua;
    • on new Collembola records from India, by Santeshwari, Raghuraman & Singh (2015);
    • on new Collembola records from Moldova, by Busmachiu, Bedos & Deharveng (2015);
    • on new cave records of Neelipleona and Symphypleona from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, by Marx & Weber (2013);
    • on Collembola from East and North-East India, by Mandal & Hazra (2009);
    • on a critical checklist of the Collembola from Japan by Yosii (1977);
    • on new Salina from Madagascar by Delamare-Deboutteville (1948), publication received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames.
    2016.12.01-2016.12.31
    Added the new taxa and/or corrections of the publications and/or communications:
    • on a new Nothobrya from Brazil by da Silveira & de Mendonça (2016), publication received from Dr Maria Cleide de Mendonça;
    • on a new genus of scaled Entomobryinae from China by Zhang, Pan, Wu, Ding, Yu & Wang (2016),
    • on new Coecobrya from China by Zhang, Bedos & Deharveng (2016), publications received from Dr Feng Zhang;
    • on Collembola records in rainforest canopies from Australia by Greenslade, Sutrisno & Florentine (2016);
    • on a new Homidia from China by Wu & Pan (2016), publication received from Dr Zhi-Xiang Pan;
    • on a new genus of Pseudachorutinae from Poland by Skarzynski, Arbea & Piwnik (2016), publication received from Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
    • on a correction of the geographic distribution of Paleonura colimana by Soto-Adames (2016), email received from Dr Felipe N. Soto-Adames;
    • on a new Coecobrya from South Africa by Cipola & Bellini (2016), publication received from Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola;
    • on the checklist of Collembola from Malta by Pfliegler & Janssens (2016);
    • on two Denisiella species from the United Arab Emirates by Schulz (2016);
    • on a new Friesea and Stachia from North America by Smolis (2010), publication received from Dr Adrian Smolis;
    • on the life history of Podura aquatica from the USA by Childs (1915), publication received from Toby Barton.
  • The key to the males of Denisiella has been added, in line with Schulz (2016).
  • The key to species of Coecobrya has been added, in line with Cipola & Bellini (2016).
  • The key to species of Nothobrya has been added, based on da Silveira & de Mendonça (2016).