The Springtails (Collembola) of South Africa

Compiled by Penelope Greenslade

Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, GPO Box, ACT 0200, Australia

© Copyright of this page belongs to the author.


CONTENTS


Introduction

Resources

Information about the Collembola and their phylogenetic position can be obtained from

BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide - Collembola
Gordon Ramel's Springtail Page
The Collembola page of The Tree of Life
Catalogue of the Collembola of the World


Order: COLLEMBOLA

Suborder: PODUROMORPHA
Hypogasturidae
Odontellidae
Brachystomellidae
Neanuridae
Frieseinae
Pseudachorutinae
Neanurinae
Onychiuridae
Suborder: ENTOMOBRYOMORPHA
Superfamily: ISOTOMOIDEA
Isotomidae
Superfamily: ENTOMOBRYOIDEA
Entomobryidae
Paronellidae
Cyphoderidae
Superfamily: TOMOCEROIDEA
Tomoceridae
Suborder: NEELIPLEONA
Neelidae
Suborder: SYMPHYPLEONA
Sminthuridae
Sminthuridinae
Katianninae
Bourletiellinae
Sminthurinae
Dicyrtomidae

TAXA NOT INCLUDED

Martynova, E. F. 1979.
Two new species of springtails (Collembola) from Central Africa. Zool. Zh. 58: 440-444. [ Tullbergia africana Martynova, 1979, Xenylla zairensis Martynova 1975.]


References

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Barra, J-A. 2002. Un nouveau genre de Pseudachorutinae (Collembola) des sables littoraux de la Province du Natal (Republique Sud africaine). Zoosystema 24 (1): 177-180.

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Part of A Catalogue of South African Insects