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
2024.10.31

Status

Status of the checklist

Group	# of Genera	# of Species	Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae	2	12	6
Anurophorinae	44	703	15
Arrhopalitidae	3	163	54
Bessoniellinae	1	1	1
Bourletiellidae	38	249	6
Brachystomellidae	18	143	7
Caputanurininae	2	11	5
Coenaletidae	1	2	2
Collophoridae	1	9	9
Dicyrtominae	6	112	18
Entomobryinae	14	679	48
Frieseinae	4	207	51
Gulgastruridae	1	1	1
Heteromurinae	12	152	12
Hypogastruridae	40	756	18
Isotogastruridae	1	10	10
Isotominae	6	42	7
Katiannidae	22	219	9
Lepidocyrtinae	10	722	72
Lophognathellinae	2	2	1
Mackenziellidae	1	2	2
Microfalculidae	1	1	1
Morulininae	2	21	10
Neanurinae	106	868	8
Neelidae	7	69	9
Nothobryinae	3	9	3
Odontellidae	13	142	10
Oncobryidae	1	1	1
Oncopoduridae	3	57	19
Onychiurinae	49	764	15
Orchesellinae	6	132	22
Pachyotominae	6	37	6
Pachytullbergiidae	3	6	2
Paleotullbergiidae	1	1	1
Paronellinae	20	292	14
Poduridae	1	2	2
Praentomobryidae	2	2	1
Proisotominae	20	298	14
Protentomobryidae	1	1	1
Pseudachorutinae	59	546	9
Ptenothricinae	3	118	39
Salininae	17	283	16
Seirinae	3	249	83
Sminthurididae	15	177	11
Sminthurinae	20	196	9
Songhaicinae	5	15	3
Sphyrothecinae	9	59	6
Spinothecidae	3	9	3
Sturmiidae	1	3	3
Tetrodontophorinae	3	4	1
Tomoceridae	17	219	12
Troglopedetinae	3	60	20
Tullbergiidae	34	236	6
Uchidanurinae	3	6	2
Willowsiinae	17	190	11

Collembola	686	9270	13

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, previously revised by Drs Douglas Zeppelini & Robert Vargovich;
Entomobryinae,
Frieseinae,
Lepidocyrtinae, the revision of Lepidocyrtus s.l. of Yoshii & Yayuk (1989) has been only partly accepted up to subgenus level,
Orchesellinae,
Ptenothricinae,
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, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

2024.01.01-2024.01.31

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

on a new Alloscopus from the Philippines (Abstract only) by Alviola, Lucañas, Jit Jr, Soto-Adames & Jantarit (2024);
on global data on Collembola abundance and community structure by Potapov & al. (2024);
on a new Ptenothrix from South Korea by Jo & Park (2023), publication shared by Hsin-Ju Cheng;
on urban Collembola communities from Latvia, Riga by Jucevica, Grina & Melecis (2023);
on Collembola records from Northeastern Algeria by Lachi, Bendjaballah, Brahim-Bounab & Hamra-Kroua (2023);
on a new Lepidodens from China by Guo, Yang, Chen & Pan (2022), pulbication shared by Dr Zhi-Xiang Pan;
on Poduromorpha from Northeastern Algeria by Brahim-Bounab, Bendjaballah & Hamra-Kroua (2017);
on new synonymy in Cryptopygus by Wise (1974).

The key to the species of Lepidodens has been provided by Guo, Yang, Chen & Pan (2022).
The key to the species of Alloscopus has been provided by Alviola, Lucañas, Jit Jr, Soto-Adames & Jantarit (2024).

2024.02.01-2024.02.29

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

on a case of delusional parasitosis in relation to Drepanura pallens from Iran by Semati, Fakoorziba, Moemenbellah-Fard, Sarkari & Shayanmehr (2024), publication shared by Lorena Baird;
on a morphofunctional study of the jumping apparatus in Megalothorax and Dicyrtomina from Germany by Oliveira & Smith (2024), publication shared by Dr Fabio Oliveira;
on a species list of the Symphypleona from Yunnan, China by Itoh & Zhao (2000),
on new Sminthuridae and Dicyrtomidae from China by Itoh & Zhao (2000),
on a new Papirioides from a tropical botanical garden in Yunnan, China by Itoh & Zhao (1993), publications shared by Hsin-Ju Cheng.

2024.03.01-2024.03.31

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

on an introduction to Collembola from Germany for young kids by Rose (2024), publication shared by Dr Armin Rose;
on a review of environmental DNA sample techniques for monitoring and conserving terrestrial arthropods (Collembola included) by Leandro, Jay-Robert & Pétillon (2024), publication shared by Dr Camilla Leandro;
on an annotated checklist of neotropical Trogolaphysa (including 2 new species) by Soto-Adames, Daly & Wynne (2024);
on a revision of Sensillanura by Galván & Palacios-Vargas (2017), publication shared by Grant Wang.

The key to the neotropical species of Trogolaphysa with reduced eyes has been provided by Soto-Adames, Daly & Wynne (2024).
The key to the species of Sensillanura has been provided by Galván & Palacios-Vargas (2017).

2024.04.01-2024.04.30

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

on a new Bourletiellidae for Britain by Hutchinson & McCulloch (2024);
on a new Hypogastrura from the North Caucausus (Abstract only) by Antipova & Babenko (2024);
on the genetic lineages of Parisotoma notabilis in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus by Striuchkova, Antipova, Potapov, Semenova & Kuznetsova (2024);
on a new species of Ceratophysella from China by Jia, Zhao, Skarzynski, Wu, Cheng & An (2024), publication shared by Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on a new species of Oudemansia from India by Mandal, Mandal, Suman & Bhatttacharya (2024),
on new Collembola records from India by Mandal, Mandal, Suman, Bhattacharya & Kumari (2024), publications shared by Dr Guru Pada Mandal;
on the postembryonic differentiation in Callyntrura (Handschinphysa) lineata from India by Mitra (1973), publication shared by Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola.

The key to the species of Oudemansia has been provided by Mandal, Mandal, Suman & Bhatttacharya (2024).
The key to the species of the Ceratophysella armata-group of the Sino-Japanese region has been provided by Jia, Zhao, Skarzynski, Wu, Cheng & An (2024).

2024.05.01-2024.05.31

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

on the automatic identification with machine learning techniques of some Collembola from France by Oriol, Pasquet & Cortet (2024);
on new Willowsia species from India by Mandal, Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2024), publication shared by Dr Guru Pada Mandal;
on a new Appendisotoma from Kazakhstan by Potapov, Babenko, Bu, Bayartogtokh, Gulgenova & Luan (2024);
on 3 new Pseudachorutella species from the Russian Federation by Babenko & Kuznetsova (2024);
on a revision of the Entomobrya from the Amazonian Brazil by dos Santos Viana, de Morais & Cipola (2024), publication shared by Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola;
on the soil arthropod diversity (Collembola included) and its abundance concerning edaphic factors from India (Punjab) by Angurana, Dutta & Banu (2022),
on a molecular and SEM analysis of Folsomia quadrioculata from India by Angurana, Dutta, Banu, Pathak, Katoch & Grujic (2023), publications shared by Dr Ruby Angurana;
on a review on the Callyntrura species from India by Mitra (1974), publication shared by Dr Nikolas Gioia Cipola.

The key to the species of Entomobrya from Brazil has been provided by dos Santos Viana, de Morais & Cipola (2024).
The key to the species of Willowsia from India has been provided by Mandal, Mandal, Suman & Bhattacharya (2024).

2024.06.01-2024.06.30

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

on a new Dicranocentrus from Brazil (Abstract only) by da Silva, Nunes, Winck, & Bellini (2024);
on a new Cryptopygus from Mexico associated with the hermit crab by Palacios-Vargas (2024), publication shared by Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a new Crossodonthina from China (Abstract only) by Jiang & Wang (2024);
on edaphic Collembola as indicators of the chemical characteristics of soil in a peach orchard in Mexico by Miranda-Rangel, Cano-Santana, Castaño-Meneses, Palacios-Vargas & Corona-Tejeda (2024), publication shared by Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a new Oncopodura from Iran by Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Parimuchová & Kovác (2024);
on a new Homidia from South Korea (Abstract only) by Lee & Park (2024);
on 2 new Plutomurus from Georgia and Iran (Abstract only) by Barjadze, Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Parimuchová, Maghradze & Kovác (2024);
on corrections of mistakes in the checklist by Weiner (2024), email received from Dr Wanda Maria Weiner;
on 3 new Pseudachorutella from Russia by Babenko & Kuznetsova (2024),
on a new Anurida from Russia by Babenko & Nakamori (2021),
on Judith Najt's research on Collembola by Deharveng, D'Haese, Grandcolas, Thibaud & Weiner (2017),
on a gut contents analysis of Collembola from mangrove swamps in Colombia by Manzano (1990),
on a phylogenetic and biogeographic synthesis of the Neanurinae by Cassagnau (1989), publications shared by Dr Wanda Maria Weiner;
on new Collembola from Vanuatu by Yoshii (1995), publication shared by Dr Enrique Baquero;
on the anatomy of the eyes of Collembola by Paulus in Horridge (1974).

The key to the species of the Dicranocentrus gracilis-group has been provided by da Silva, Nunes, Winck, & Bellini (2024).
The key to the species of the Cryptopygus-complex from the Americas has been provided by Palacios-Vargas (2024).
The key to the species of Oncopodura has been provided by Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Parimuchová & Kovác (2024).
The key to the species of Plutomurus from the Western Palaearctic has been provided by Barjadze, Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Parimuchová, Maghradze & Kovác (2024).
The key to the species of the Anurida hammarae-group has been provided by Babenko & Nakamori (2021).

2024.07.01-2024.07.31

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

on a new Tomocerus from India by Mandal, Kumari, Mandal, Roy, Suman & Bhattacharya (2024), publication shared by Dr Guru Pada Mandal;
on Collembola records from the mesovoid shallow substratum of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Spain) by Jordana, Baquero & Ortuño (2024), publication shared by Dr David Winkler;
on the distribution of Ceratophysella annae by Babenko (2024), email received from Dr Anatoly Babenko;
on 9 new Oligaphorura from Russia by Shveenkova, Antipova & Babenko (2024), publication shared by Dr Anatoly Babenko;
on a new Rambutanura from Southern Vietnam (Abstract only) by Babenko & Antipova (2024);
on new cave Cyphoderus and Pararrhopalites from Brazil by de Souza, da Silva Medeiros, de Medeiros Bento, Zeppelini & Bellini (2024), publication shared by Dr Bruno C. Bellini;
on 5 new cave Pararrhopalites from Brazil by Zeppelini, de Oliveira-Neto, de Oliveira, Ferreira, de Brito, Lopes, Brito, Stievano & de Lima (2024), publication shared by Dr Douglas Zeppelini;
on a redescription of Spinactaletes boneti from Mexico by Palacios-Vargas, Arango, Ruiz, & Aguilar (2024), publication shared by Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a new Dicranocentrus from Brazil by da Silva, Nunes, Winck, & Bellini (2024), publication shared by Dr Bruno C. Bellini;
on Collembola records from the Berezinskiy Biosphere Reserve (Belarus) by Borodin & Tsinkevich (2016),
on Collembola records from the Republic of Belarus by Busmachiu (2010),
on Collembola records from Poland, Byelorussia, Lithuania and Russia by Sterzynska & Kuznetsova (1995),
on Collembola records from the European part of the USSR by Kuznetsova (1988),
on Collembola records from Vitebsk by Kuznetsova (1984), publications shared by Dr Aleh Sinchuk.

The key to the species of Oligaphorura has been provided by Shveenkova, Antipova & Babenko (2024).
The key to the species of Tomocerus from India has been provided by Mandal, Kumari, Mandal, Roy, Suman & Bhattacharya (2024).

2024.08.01-2024.08.31

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

on 2 new Neanurinae from Japan (Abstract only) by Kasai, Ohgita, Osaki & Murase (2024);
on the life cycle strategies of 2 Collembola from saline soils from Mexico by Pérez-Velázquez, Castaño-Meneses, Palacios-Vargas & Contreras-Ramos (2024), publication shared by Dr José Palacios-Vargas;
on a gravure of Salvador Dali of Dalianus galae from Greece by Garcelon (2024), email received from Philippe Garcelon;
on a new purple coloured Holacanthella from New Zealand by Ashwood & Janssens (2024);
on a new Pseudachorutella from Kyrgystan (Abstract only) by Stryczek & Smolis (2024);
on the Collembola diversity of a island in a river delta in Brazil by de Mesquita Lima, da Silva, Nunes, de Oliveira Marques, da Silva Medeiros, de Morais Freire, da Silva, Winck & Bellini (2024);
on Collembola records from the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Belarus) by Borodin & Krasouski (2020), publication shared by Drs Aleh Sinchuk and Matvey Logachev;
on Dalianus galae from Greece by Dali (1973);
on new Collembola from the Ivory Coast by Delamare Deboutteville (1952), publication shared by Dr Nikolas G. Cipola.

The keys to the species of Paranura with 3 pairs of eyes,
to the species of Yuukianura,
and to the genera of Neanurinae from Japan have been provided by Kasai, Ohgita, Osaki & Murase (2024).

2024.09.01-2024.09.30

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

on 2 new cave Cyphoderus from Thailand by Jantarit, Satasook & Deharveng (2014);
on cladistic methods applied to Bonetogastrura and Typhlogastrura by Hermosilla, Thibaud, & Keuck (1985),
on cladistic methods applied to nearctic Folsomia by Hermosilla, Keuck & Rubio (1984),
on cladistic methods applied to Schaefferia by Hermosilla, Thibaud, & Keuck (1984) publications shared by Dr Javier I. Arbea;
on the succession and diversity of Collembola in a recultivated field in Germany by Hermosilla (1982),
on the seasonal variations of epizoocenosis forest biomes at the Coast Cordillera from Chile [Collembola included] by Hermosilla & Murúa (1980),
on the faunal composition of an antropic edaphic secondary succession in Germany to correlate zoocaenosis with soil modification [Collembola included] by Hermosilla (1978)
on the altitudinal succession of the Poduromorpha of the "El Roble" mountain from Chile by Hermosilla & Rubio (1977) publications shared by Dr Nikolas G. Cipola.

2024.10.01-2024.10.31

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

on new Homidia from China by Zhou, Huang & Ma (2024);
on phoretic springtail (Collembola: Sminthuridae) on a false blister beetle (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) in Eocene Baltic amber by Grünemaier (2016);
on a new Ephemeroptera - Collembola Symbiosis (Phoresy) from fossillised Dominican Amber by Penney, McNeil, Green, Bradley, Jepson & al. (2012).