Checklist of the Collembola: History

http://www.collembola.org/doc/history.htm - Last updated on 2006.02.28 by Frans Janssens

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 synonymy 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
2006.02.28

Status

Status of the checklist

Group	# of Genera	# of Species	Species/Genus ratio

Actaletidae	3	10	3
Anurophorinae	28	410	14
Arrhopalitidae	2	120	60
Bourletiellidae	33	232	7
Brachystomellidae	19	130	6
Caputanurininae	2	7	3
Coenaletidae	1	2	2
Collophoridae	1	8	8
Cyphoderidae	13	131	10
Dicyrtominae	5	94	18
Entomobryinae	18	453	25
Frieseinae	4	178	44
Gulgastruridae	1	1	1
Hypogastruridae	41	659	16
Incerta	1	1	1
Incerta	5	8	1
Isotogastruridae	1	5	5
Isotominae	49	473	9
Katiannidae	17	186	10
Lepidocyrtinae	21	721	34
Lobellini	16	95	5
Mackenziellidae	1	1	1
Microfalculidae	1	1	1
Morulininae	1	19	19
Morulodini	2	5	2
Neanuridae	1	0	0
Neanurini	20	202	10
Neelidae	6	34	5
Odontellidae	13	124	9
Oncobryidae	1	1	1
Oncopoduridae	3	52	17
Onychiurinae	40	512	12
Orchesellinae	13	242	18
Pachyotominae	5	27	5
Pachytullbergiidae	3	3	1
Paleonurini	41	326	7
Paleotullbergiidae	1	1	1
Paranurini	2	35	17
Paronellidae	29	374	12
Poduridae	1	5	5
Proisotominae	14	343	24
Protentomobryidae	1	1	1
Pseudachorutinae	50	425	8
Ptenothricinae	3	96	32
Seirinae	2	177	88
Sensillanurini	3	36	12
Sminthurididae	10	146	14
Sminthurinae	19	202	10
Sphyrothecinae	4	40	10
Spinothecidae	3	6	2
Sturmiidae	1	2	2
Tetrodontophorinae	4	4	1
Tomoceridae	17	135	7
Tullbergiidae	34	208	6
Uchidanurinae	8	15	1

Collembola	638	7724	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.'). Including all subspecific taxa, such as subspecies, varietas and forma, the total taxa count is about 8000.

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;
Entomobryinae;
Frieseinae;
Lepidocyrtinae; the revision of Lepidocyrtus s.l. of Yoshii & Yayuk (1989) has been only partly accepted up to subgenus level;
Oncopoduridae;
Proisotominae, currently being revised by Dr Mikhail Potapov;
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 :

2006.01.02-2006.01.30

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

on key completion data of a new Pseudosinella from Spain (2006), e-mail received from Dr Rafael Jordana;
on the species diversity and seasonal abundance of Collembola in turfgrass ecosystems of North America by Rochefort, Therrien, Shetlar & Brodeur (2006), publication received from Dr Luc De Bruyn;
on the revision of Hypogastrura crassaegranulata from Europe by Skarzynski (2006), publication received from Dr Dariusz Skarzynski;
on a new Agraphorura from Venezuela by Arbea (2005),
on a phylogeny of the Pseudosinella from Aragon, Spain by Arbea (2005), publications received from Dr J.I. Arbea;
on new Pachyotominae from Russia by Potapov, Lobkova & Shrubovych (2005), publication received from Dr Mikhail Potapov;
on a new Friesea from Iberia by Simón-Benito (2005), publication received from Dr José Carlos Simón-Benito;
on a new Pseudosinella from Spain by Jordana & Baquero (2005),
on a new cave Entomobrya from Spain by Jordana, Vadell & Baquero (2005),
on a new cave Pseudosinella from France and Spain by Jordana & Baquero (2005), publications received from Dr Rafael Jordana;
on new cave records of Collembola from Belgium by Janssens & Dethier (2005);
on the synonymy of the Palaeotropical Collembola species Cryptopygus fasciatus and notes on the subgenus Rhodanella by Lawrence (1978), publication received from Dr Penelope Greenslade.

2006.01.31-2006.02.28

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

on a correction to the data of Cyphoderus komareki by Palacios-Vargas (2006), e-mail received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on new Arrhopalites from Brazil by Zeppelini (2006), publication received from Dr Douglas Zeppelini;
on new Paranura from Colombia and Mexico by Palacios-Vargas & Peñaranda-Parada (2005),
on a new Palmanura from Mexico by Vázquez & Palacios-Vargas (2005), publications received from Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas;
on a new genus of Sminthurididae from French Guyana by Betsch & Waller (1991),
on the suppression of Ptenura by the ICZN (1976),
on a proposal to suppress Ptenura by Bellinger & Ellis (1972),
on a new genus of Bourletiellinae from Australia by Betsch & Massoud (1972),
on the redescription of Jeannenotia, and new Proisotoma and Sminthurides from France by Betsch & Massoud (1970),
on a new Sminthurus from the USA by Betsch (1964), publications received from Adolf Suttrop.

A key to the American species of Paranura, based on Palacios-Vargas & Peñaranda-Parada (2005), has been added.

A key to the species of Palmanura, based on Vázquez & Palacios-Vargas (2005), has been added.