http://www.collembola.org/key/rat/onycinae.htm - Last updated on 2004.11.19 by Frans Janssens
Checklist of the Collembola: Generic names of the Onychiurinae

Peter F. Bellinger (), Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
Kenneth A. Christiansen, Department of Biology, Grinnell College, PO Box V3, Grinnell, IA 50112-0806, USA
Frans Janssens, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium

Invalid names in brackets. Valid junior synonyms in parentheses.

This list of generic names, the assignment of status, and the associated key are tentative. Comments and corrections are solicited.

Family Onychiuridae

Subfamily Onychiurinae

Absolonia  Börner, 1906.
Type species Aphorura gigantea Absolon, 1900. Redescribed by Stach, 1934 and Salmon, 1959 (from type); retained by Weiner; not placed by Pomorski. Possible senior synonym of Paronychiurus.

Adicranus  Bourlet, 1843 - see Onychiurus

Affinichiurus  Stach, 1954 - see Micraphorura

Agraphorura  Pomorski, 1998.
Type species Onychiurus naglitschi Gisin, 1960.

Allaphorura  Bagnall, 1949 - see Thalassaphorura

Allonychiurus  Yoshii, 1995
Type species Onychiurus flavescens Kinoshita, 1916). Recognized as distinct by Weiner; not placed by Pomorski [Pseudonychiurus Lin, 1980 nec Bagnall, 1948.
- Type species shanghaiensis Lin, 1980 = shanghaiensis Rusek, 1971, fide Zhao et al, 1997]. Placed here by Weiner.

[Aphorura MacGillivray, 1893] - see Onychiurus

["Arcaphorura" - lapsus for Archaphorura]

Archaphorura  Bagnall, 1949
Type species Onychiurus serratotuberculatus Stach, 1933
["Arcaphorura" auctt. - lapsus]

Argonychiurus  Bagnall, 1949
Type species Onychiurus perforatus Handschin, 1921. Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski

[Augenius Gistl, 1848] - see Onychiurus

Bionychiurus  Pomorski, 1996
Type species Onychiurus normalis Gisin, 194)
(Bagnallophorus Weiner, 1996
- Type species Onychiurus normalis Gisin, 1949) junior absolute synonym)

Chribellphorura  Weiner, 1996
Type species Onychiurus (Archapohorura) allanae Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980 Recognized but not placed by Pomorski.

Cribrochiurus  Weiner, 1996
Type species Onychiurus cribrosus Gisin, 1957. Not placed by Pomorski.
[Cribrochiurus Palissa, 1964 No type selected]

Deharvengiurus  Weiner, 1996
Type species Onychiurus argus Denis, 1925. Recognized by Pomorski.

[Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901] - see Onychiurus

Dimorphaphorura  Bagnall, 1949 - see Oligaphorura

[Euaphorura Börner, 1901] - see Onychiurus

Formosanochiurus  Weiner, 1986
Type species Onychiurus formosanus Denis, 1929. Not placed by Pomorski.

["Handchiniella"] see Protaphorura

Handschiniella  Bagnall, 1949 - see Thalassaphorura

Heteraphorura  Bagnall, 1948
Type species variotuberculata Stach, 1934. Recognized by Pomorski.

Heteronychiurus  Bagnall, 1949
Type species stiriacus Stach, 1946. Recognized by Pomorski.

Hoffia  - in Hypogastruridae

Hymenaphorura  Bagnall, 1948
Type species Lipura sibirica Tullberg, 1876
(Hymenaphorurodes Bagnall, 1949
- Type species Onychiurus montanus Bagnall, 1949. Synonymy recognized by Pomorski.)
[Sibirichiurus Stach, 1954
- Type species Lipura sibirica Tullberg, 1876. Junior objective synonym.]

Hymenaphorurodes  Bagnall, 1949 - see Hymenaphorura

Jailolaphorura  Yoshii & Suhardjono, 1992
Type species Onychiurus (Jailolaphorura) jailolonis Yoshii & Suhardjono, 1992. Recognized & placed by Weiner. Not placed by Pomorski

Japonychiurus  Yoshii, 1996
Type species Onychiurus [japonicus Yosii, 1967 nec 1956]; = nipponicus Weiner, 1986. Genus not placed by Weiner or Pomorski.

Kalaphorura  Absolon, 1901
Type species paradoxa Schäffer, 1900 Placed by Pomorski.

[Lipura Burmeister, 1838] - see Onychiurus

Metonychiurus  Salmon, 1949 - see Onychiurus

Micraphorura  Bagnall, 1949
Type species Aphorura absoloni Börner, 1901. Placed by Pomorski.
(Affinichiurus Stach, 1954
- Type species Onychiurus affinis Ågren, 1903 - a subjective synonym of absoloni, fide Fjellberg)

Micronychiurus  Bagnall, 1949.
Type species Onychiurus minutus Denis, 1932. Placed by Weiner; recognized but not placed by Pomorski.

Neonychiurus  Bagnall, 1949- see Onychiurus

Oligaphorura  Bagnall, 1949
Type species Lipura groenlandica Tullberg, 1876
(Dimorphaphorura Bagnall, 1949
- Type species differens Bagnall, 1949. Placed here by Pomorski; possible synonym of groenlandica or schoetti)

Ongulonychiurus  Thibaud & Massoud, 1986
Type species colpus Thibaud & Massoud, 1986. Recognized by Weiner; not placed by Pomorski.

Onychiuroides  Bagnall, 1948
Type species Onychiurus postumicus Bonet, 1931. Placed by Pomorski.

Onychiurus  Gervais, 1841
Type species Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758
(Adicranus Bourlet, 1843
- Type species Podura [fimetaria Linnaeus, 1767, nec 1758]. According to Pomorski (in litt) fimetarius in this sense is not generically separable from ambulans.
[Aphorura MacGillivray, 1893
- Type species Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758. Junior objective synonym]
[Augenius Gistl, 1848
- Type species Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758. Junior objective synonym]
[Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901
- Type species Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758. Junior objective synonym]
[Lipura Burmeister, 1838, nec Illiger, 1811
- Type species Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758. Objective synonym.]
[Euaphorura Börner, 1901
- Type species Podura ambulans Linnaeus, 1758. Junior objective synonym]
(Metonychiurus Salmon, 1959
- Type species Onychiuroides michelbacheri Bagnall, 1948.. Type a synomym of millsi Chammberlain?). Not placed by Weiner or Pomorski.
(Neonychiurus Bagnall, 1949
- Type species Onychiurus millsi Chamberlain, 1943). Not placed by Weiner or Pomorki.

Orthonychiurus  Stach, 1954
Type species Onychiurus rectopapillatus Stach, 1933. Placed by Pomorski.

Paronychiurus  Bagnall, 1948
Type species Onychiurus ramosus Folsom, 1917. Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski.
[Ramonychiurus Stach, 1954
- Type species Onychiurus ramosus Folsom, 1917. Junior objective synonym.]

Parthenaphorura  Yoshii & Yayuk, 1989 - see Thalassaphorura

Probolaphorura  Dunger, 1977
Type species sachalinensis Dunger, 1977. Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski.

Protaphorura  Absolon, 1901
Type species Lipura armata Tullberg, 1869. Placed by Pomorski.
(Spelaphorura Bagnall, 1948
- Type species glenniei Bagnall, 1948). Not placed by Weiner or Pomorski.

Protaphorurodes  Bagnall, 1949
Type species Tullbergia tomuraushensis Yosii, 1940. Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski.

Pseudonychiurus  Bagnall, 1948
Type species Aphorura dentata Folsom, 1902). Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski

[Pseudonychiurus Lin, 1980] - see Allonychiurus

Psyllaphorura  Bagnall, 1948
Type species Onychiurus obesus Mills, 1934). Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski.

[Ramonychiurus Stach, 1954] - see Paronychiurus

[Sibirichiurus Stach, 1954] - see Hymenaphorura

Spelaphorura  Bagnall, 1948 - see Protaphorura

Spinonychiurus  Weiner, 1996
Type species edinensis Bagnall, 1935). Not placed by Pomorski.

Stenonychiurus  Weiner, 1996
Type species orthacanthus Handschin, 1921. Not mentioned by Pomorski.

Supraphorura  Stach, 1954
Type species furcifera Börner, 1901). Placed by Pomorski.

Tantulonychiurus  Pomorski, 1996
Type species Onychiurus volinensis Szeptycki, 1964)

Thalassaphorura  Bagnall, 1949
Type species thalassophila Bagnall, 1937)
(Allaphorura Bagnall, 1949
- Type species Onychiurus franzi Stach, 1946. Placed here by Pomorski. Kept distinct by Weiner.)
(Handschiniella Bagnall, 1949
- Type species Onychiurus zschokkei Handschin, 1919. Placed here by Pomorski. Placed in Allaphorura by Weiner.)
["Handchiniella" - lapsus]
(Parthenaphorura Yoshii & Yayuk, 1989
- Type species bogoriensis Yoshii & Yayuk, 1989). Placed here by Pomorski.

Thibaudichiurus  Weiner, 1996
Type species Onychiurus mariangeae Weiner, 1996. Near Tantulonbychiurus but distinct, fide Pomorski.

Uralaphorura  Martynova, 1978
Type species Uralia schilovi Martynova, 1976. Placed by Weiner, not by Pomorski.
[Uralia Martynova, 1976 nec Mulsant & Verreaux, 1866
Type species schilovi Martynova, 1976. Junior homonym.]

Yoshiiphorura  Jordana & Martínez, 2004
Type species bellingeri Jordana & Martínez, 2004

Endnotes