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Animal Ecology
Europ.Invert.Surv.
Isopoda
Diplopoda
Chilopoda
Collembola
Dr. M.P. Berg

Checklist and provisional atlas of the Collembola of The Netherlands

The checklist below include all species with published records in the literature or species that are in the Collembola collections of the Natural History Museum at Amsterdam and Leiden, or my own collection. The checklist is preliminary because the material in the museum collections was not checked. Most of the material was collected before 1975 and changes in the taxonomic status of species arising from recent taxonomic revisions and decisions are not taken into account. Re-examination of the Collembola collections is needed and discovery of misidentifications leading to changes in the checklist will be reported. Based on information on the occurrence of Collembola in surrounding countries many new species are to be expected for the Fauna of the Netherlands. Especially, coastal and inland sand dunes, heather fields and the littoral zone have been poorly studied. These habitats have the special attention of the Collembola Survey Scheme during the next years.

Taxonomy

The species names of Poduromorpha follow the modern descriptions in the publications of Babenko et al (1994) Collembola of Russia and adjacent countries: Family Hypogastruridae, Fjellberg (1998) The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Danmark. Part 1: Poduromorpha, Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol. 35, Brill, Leiden, and Jordana et al. (1997) Collembola Poduromorpha. Fauna Iberica, Vol. 8. For the family Isotomidae the species names refer to the descriptions in the new book by Potapov (2001) Isotomidae, Synopsis on Palaearctic Collembola, Vol. 3. Abh. Naturkundesmus. Görlitz 73(2): 1-603. The species names of Symphypleona refer to the descriptions in the book by Bretfeld (1999) Symplypleona, Synopsis on Palaearctic Collembola, Vol. 2. Abh. Naturkundesmus. Görlitz 71(1): 1-318.

Maps

The mapping of the distribution of Collembola in the Netherlands has recently started. Only a few maps are available at the moment. Regular updates of the current maps will be made and new distribution maps will be added to the list. The first maps are produced by a computer program developed by the European Invertebrate Survey, division The Netherlands. In the future the DMAP computer program will be used to plot the distribution data. Steve Hopkin uses the DMAP computer program for mapping the distribution of Collembola in Britain and Ireland. When the same computer program is used it will be comparatively easy to construct distribution maps of Collembola for lager parts of Europe, by merging existing databases.

Distribution status

The status of species of Collembola is based on the number of records in the 10 km by 10 km Ordnance Survey Grid square of the Netherlands (hectads). For sake of comparison I have adopted the presence classification scheme by Steve Hopkin (see below). The Collembola Survey Scheme is an ongoing project and regularly updates of the status of species will be provided.

RARE: present in < 5 hectads
SCARCE: present in 6-10 hectads
MODERATELY COMMON: present in 11-25 hectads
COMMON: present in 26-50 hectads
VERY COMMON: present in > 50 hectads
INTRODUCED: not found outside glasshouses etc.
 

COMMON and VERY COMMON species are shown in BOLD UPPER CASE text. RARE, SCARCE, and MODERATELY COMMON species are shown in bold lower case text. NO CONFIRMED RECORDS species are shown in unemphasised lower case. For these species no definite records supported by specimens are available. Eventually, they may be removed from the checklist.

Classe COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order METAXYPLEONA Salmon, 1964

Family Poduridae Latreille, 1802-1803
PODURA AQUATICA Linnaeus, 1758 VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD

Order PODUROMORPHA Börner, 1913

Family Brachystomellidae Stach, 1949
BRACHYSTOMELLA PARVULA (Schäffer, 1896) COMMON, WIDESPREAD

Family Hypogastruridae Börner, 1906
Ceratophysella armata (Nicolet, 1842) NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Ceratophysella bengtssonni (Ågren, 1904) RARE
CERATOPHYSELLA DENTICULATA (Bagnall, 1941) COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Ceratophysella engadinensis (Gisin, 1949) MODERATELY COMMON
Ceratophysella granulata Stach, 1949 RARE
Ceratophysella scotica (Carpenter & Evans, 1899) RARE
Ceratophysella sigillata (Uzel, 1891) RARE
Ceratophysella succinea Gisin, 1949 MODERATELY COMMON
Hypogastrura assimilis Krausbauer, 1898 RARE
Hypogastrura manubrialis (Tullberg, 1869) MODERATELY COMMON
Hypogastrura purpurescens (Lubbock, 1867) SCARCE
Hypogastrura burkilli (Bagnall, 1940) RARE
Hypogastrura sahlbergi (Reuter, 1895) RARE
Hypogastrura socialis (Uzel, 1891) NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Hypogastrura subboldorii Delamare & Jacquemart, 1962) RARE
Hypogastrura vernalis (Carl, 1901) RARE
HYPOGASTRURA VIATICA (Tullberg, 1872) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Schaefferia willemi (Bonet, 1930) RARE
Schoettella ununguiculata (Tullberg, 1869) RARE
Willemia anophthalma Börner, 1901 RARE
Willemia denisi Mills, 1932 RARE
Willemia intermedia Mills, 1934 RARE
Xenylla brevisimilis Stach, 1949 RARE
Xenylla corticalis Börner, 1901 RARE
Xenylla grisea Axelson, 1900 RARE
Xenylla humicola (O. Fabricius, 1780) RARE
XENYLLA MARITIMA Tullberg, 1869 VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Xenylla mediterranea Gama, 1964 RARE
Xenylla tullbergi Börner, 1903 RARE
Xenyllogastrura octoculata (Steiner, 1955) RARE

Family Neanuridae Börner, 1901
Anurida ellipsoides Stach, 1949 RARE
Anurida granaria (Nicolet, 1847) RARE
ANURIDA MARITIMA (GuŽrin,1839) COMMON, LITTORAL
Anurida tullbergi Schött, 1891 RARE
Friesea claviseta Axelson, 1900 SCARCE
FRIESEA MIRABILIS (Tullbberg, 1871) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
FRIESEA TRUNCATA Cassagnau, 1958 VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Micranurida forsslundi Gisin, 1949 RARE
Micranurida pygmaea Börner, 1901 SCARCE
Micranurida sensillata (Gisin, 1953) RARE
NEANURA MUSCORUM (Templeton, 1835) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Pseudachorutella asigillata (Börner, 1901) RARE
Pseudachorutes corticicolus (Schäffer, 1896) RARE
Pseudachorutes dubius Krausbauer, 1898 RARE
Pseudachorutes parvulus Börner, 1901 RARE
Pseudachorutes subcrassus Tullberg, 1871 RARE

Family Odontellidae Massoud, 1967
Pseudostachia populosa (Selga, 1963) RARE
Xenyllodes armatus Axelson, 1903 RARE

Family Onychiuridae Börner, 1901
Subfamily Onychiurinae

Micraphorura absoloni
(Börner, 1901) RARE
Onychiuroides granulosus (Stach, 1929) NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Onychiurus ambulans (Lucas, 1840) RARE
Onychiurus circulans Gisin, 1952 RARE
Onychiurus fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758) RARE, SPECIES COMPLEX
Paronychiurus pseudogranulosus Gisin, 1951 INTRODUCED, NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
PROTAPHORURA ARMATA (Tullberg, 1869) COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Protaphorura boedvarssoni Pomorski, 1993 RARE
Protaphorura campata (Gisin, 1952) RARE
Protaphorura cancellata (Gisin, 1956) RARE
Protaphorura debilis (Moniez, 1890) RARE
Protaphorura eichhorni Gisin, 1954 NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Protaphorura furcifera (Börner, 1901) RARE
Protaphorura glebata (Gisin, 1952) RARE
Protaphorura quadriocellata (Gisin, 1947) RARE
Protaphorura vanderdrifti (Gisin, 1952) RARE

Subfamily Tullberginae
Mesaphorura krausbaueri
Börner, 1901 SCARCE
Mesaphorura macrochaeta Rusek, 1976 SCARCE
Mesaphorura sylvatica (Rusek, 1971) RARE
Neotullbergia crassicuspis (Gisin, 1944) RARE
Paratullbergia callipygos (Börner, 1902) RARE
Scaphaphorura arenaria (Petersen, 1965) RARE, LITTORAL
Stenaphorura denisi Bagnall, 1935 RARE
Stenaphorura quadrispina Börner, 1901 RARE

Order ENTOMOBRYOMORPHA Börner, 1913

Family Cyphoderidae Börner, 1913
CYPHODERUS ALBINUS Nicolet, 1847 COMMON, WIDESPREAD

Family Entomobryidae Schött, 1891
ENTOMOBRYA ALBOCINCTA (Templeton, 1835) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
ENTOMOBRYA CORTICALIS (Nicolet, 1841) COMMON, WIDE SPREAD
Entomobrya lanuginosa (Nicolet, 1841) MODERATELY COMMON, PROBABLY WIDESPREAD
Entomobrya marginata (Tullberg, 1871) SCARCE
ENTOMOBRYA MULTIFASCIATA (Tullberg, 1871) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Entomobrya muscorum (Nicolet, 1842) SCARCE
Entomobrya nicoleti (Lubbock, 1867) MODERATELY COMMON
ENTOMOBRYA NIVALIS (Linnaeus, 1758) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Entomobrya quinquelineata (Börner, 1901) SCARCE, INLAND SAND DUNES
Entomobryoides purpurascens (Packard, 1873) RARE
Heteromurus major (Moniez, 1889) SCARCE
Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Lepidocyrtus curvicollis Bourlet, 1839 RARE
LEPIDOCYRTUS CYANEUS Tullberg, 1871 VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
LEPIDOCYRTUS LANUGINOSUS (Gmelin, 1788) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
LEPIDOCYRTUS LIGNORUM (Fabricius, 1781) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Lepidocyrtus paradoxus Uzel, 1890 RARE
Lepidocyrtus ruber Schött, 1902 RARE
Lepidocyrtus violaceus Lubbock, 1873 SCARCE
ORCHESELLA CINCTA (Linnaeus, 1758) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
ORCHESELLA FLAVESCENS (Bourlet, 1839) VERY COMMON
Orchesella quinquefasciata (Bourlet, 1842) SCARCE
ORCHESELLA VILLOSA (Geoffroy, 1764) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Pseudosinella alba (Packard, 1873) MODERATELY COMMON, PROBABLY WIDESPREAD
Pseudosinella immaculata (Lie-Pettersen, 1896) RARE
Pseudosinella sexoculata Schött, 1902 RARE
Pseudosinella wahlgreni (Börner, 1907) NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Seira domestica (Nicolet, 1842) MODERATELY COMMON IN BUILDINGS, WIDESPREAD
Sinella coeca (Schött, 1896) RARE, INTRODUCED
Sinella curviseta Brook, 1882 RARE, INTRODUCED
Willowsia buski (Lubbock, 1869) SCARCE
WILLOWSIA NIGROMACULATA (Lubbock, 1873) COMMON, STATUS UNCLEAR
WILLOWSIA PLATANI (Nicolet, 1841) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD

Family Tomoceridae Schäffer, 1896
Pogonognathellus flavescens (Tullberg, 1871) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
POGONOGNATHELLUS LONGICORNIS (OF Mller, 1776) COMMON
TOMOCERUS MINOR (Lubbock, 1862) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Tomocerus vulgaris (Tullberg, 1871) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD

Family Isotomidae Börner, 1913
Subfamily Anurophorinae Börner, 1906

Archisotoma besselsi (Packard, 1877) RARE
Archisotoma megalops Bagnall, 1939 RARE
Archisotoma pulchella (Moniez, 1890) SCARCE
ANUROPHORUS LARICIS Nicolet, 1842 COMMON
Anurophorus septentrionalis Palissa, 1966 RARE, NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Ballistura schoetti (Dalla Torre, 1895) RARE
Ballistrura filifera (Denis, 1931) RARE, INTRODUCED
Cryptopygus bipunctatus (Axelson, 1903) RARE
Cryptopygus scapelliferus (Gisin, 1955) RARE
Cryptopygus thermophilus (Axelson, 1900) RARE
Folsomia brevifurca (Bagnall, 1949) NO CONFIRMED RECORDS, STATUS UNCLEAR
Folsomia candida Willem, 1902 MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Folsomia fimetaria (Linnaeus, 1758) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Folsomia manolachei Bagnall, 1939 RARE
Folsomia quadrioculata (Tullberg, 1871) MODERATELY COMMON
Folsomia sexoculata (Tullberg, 1871) SCARCE, LITTORAL
Folsomia similis Bagnall, 1939 RARE
Folsomia spinosa (Kseneman, 1936) RARE
Isotomodes bisetosus Cassagnau, 1959 RARE
Isotomodes gisini da Gama, 1963 RARE
Isotomodes productus (Axelson, 1906) RARE
Micranurophorus musci Bernard, 1977 RARE
Mucrosomia garretti (Massoud & Rapoport, 1968) RARE
Proisotoma brevidens Stach, 1947 NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Proisotoma minuta (Tullberg, 1871) SCARCE
Subisotoma tenuis Dunger, 1982) RARE

Subfamily Isotominae Schäffer, 1896
Axelsonia littoralis (Moniez, 1890) SCARCE, LITTORAL
Desoria olivacea (Tullberg, 1871) RARE
Desoria violacea (Tullberg, 1876) RARE, NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Halisotoma maritima Tullberg, 1871 SCARCE, LITTORAL, SPECIES COMPLEX?
Isotoma anglicana Lubbock, 1873 MODERATELY COMMON,
ISOTOMA VIRIDIS Bourlet, 1839 VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Isotoma riparia (Nicolet, 1842) RARE
Isotomiella minor (SchŠffer, 1896) MODERATELY COMMON, SPECIES-GROUP?
Isotomurus balteatus (Reuter, 1876) RARE
Isotomurus fuscicolus (Schött, 1893) RARE
Isotomurus maculatus (Schäffer,1896) SCARCE
ISOTOMURUS PALUSTRIS (MŸller, 1776) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Isotomurus plumosus Bagnall, 1940 RARE
Isotomurus prasinus (Reuter, 1891) RARE, STATUS UNCLEAR?
Pachyotoma sphagneticola (Bagnall, 1940) RARE, JUV. OF P. CRASSICUDA?
Parisotoma agrelli (Delamare Deboutteville, 1950) RARE
PARISOTOMA NOTABILIS (Schäffer, 1896) VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Pseudisotoma sensibilis (Tullberg, 1876) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD, SPECIES-GROUP
Tetracanthella strenzkei Gisin, 1949 RARE, T. PILOSA-GROUP
Tetracanthella wahlgreni Axelson, 1907 RARE, NO RECENT RECORDS
Vertagopus arboreus (Linnaeus, 1758) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Vertagopus cinereus (Nicolet, 1841) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Vertagopus westerlundi (Reuter, 1897) RARE, NO RECENT RECORDS

Order NEELIPLEONA Massoud, 1971

Family Neelidae Folsom, 1896
Megalothorax minimus Willem, 1900 MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Neelides minutus (Folsom, 1901) RARE

Order SYMPHYPLEONA Börner, 1901

Family Sminthurididae Börner, 1906
Sminthurides aquaticus (Bourlet, 1842) SCARCE
Sminthurides malmgreni (Tullberg, 1876) SCARCE
Sminthurides pennicillifer (Schäffer, 1896) NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Sminthurides pseudassimilis Stach, 1956 RARE
Sminthurides schoetti Axelson, 1903 RARE
Sphaeridia pumilis (Krausbauer, 1898) MODERATELY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Stenacidia violacea (Reuter, 1881) RARE

Family Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956
Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871) RARE, SPECIES-GROUP?
Arrhopalites pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860) RARE
Arrhopalites sericus Gisin, 1947 RARE

Family Katiannidae Börner, 1913
Gisinianus flammeolus (Gisin, 1957) RARE
Sminthurinus albifrons (Tullberg, 1871) RARE
Sminthurinus aureus (Lubbock, 1862) SCARCE
Sminthurinus elegans (Fitch, 1863) SCARCE
Sminthurinus igniceps (Reuter, 1881) SCARCE, INTRODUCED
Sminthurinus niger (Lubbock, 1868) SCARCE
Sminthurinus trinotatus Axelson, 1905 RARE, INTRODUCED
Stenognathellus densi Cassagnau, 1953 NO CONFIRMED RECORDS

Family DICYRTOMIDAE Börner, 1906
Dicyrtoma fusca (Lubbock, 1873) SCARCE
Dicyrtomina minuta (O. Fabricius, 1783) MODERATELY COMMON
Dicyrtomina ornata (Nicolet, 1842) SCARCE
Dicyrtomina saundersi (Lubbock, 1862) MODERATELY COMMON

Family Sminthuridae Börner, 1913
ALLACMA FUSCA (Linnaeus, 1758) COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Allacma gallica (Carl, 1899) SCARCE
Caprainea marginata (Schštt, 1893) RARE
Lipothrix lubbocki (Tullberg, 1872) RARE
Smithurus nigromaculatus Tullberg, 1871 RARE
SMINTHURUS VIRIDIS Linnaeus, 1758 VERY COMMON, WIDESPREAD
Spatulosminthurus flaviceps (Tullberg, 1871) RARE

Family Bourletiellidae Börner, 1913
Bourletiella arvalis (Fitch, 1863) RARE
Bourletiella hortensis (Fitch, 1863) MODERATELY COMMON
Bourletiella pruinosa (Tullberg, 1871) SCARCE
Bourletiella radula Gisin, 1946 NO CONFIRMED RECORDS
Bourletiella viridescens Stach, 1920 SCARCE
Deuterosminthurus bicinctus (Koch, 1840) MODERATELY COMMON
Deuterosminthurus pallipes (Bourlet, 1843) RARE
Deuterosminthurus sulphureus (Koch, 1840) RARE
Heterosminthurus bilineatus (Bourlet, 1842) RARE
Heterosminthurus claviger (Gisin, 1958) RARE
Heterosminthurus insignis (Reuter, 1876) SCARCE
Heterosminthurus novemlineatus (Tullberg, 1871) RARE