The Cyphoderid Springtails (Collembola: Cyphoderidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Penelope Greenslade

CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Terrestrial. All members occur in the nest of ants and termites.

Family: CYPHODERIDAE

1. Genus: CYPHODERUS
   1. Cypoderus ? assimilis Börner

      Recorded by Paclt (1959) Paclt (1967)
      Van Rhynsdorp, Albert Falls.

      
      
   2. Cyphoderus bidenticulatus (Parona 1888)

      Recorded by Paclt (1967)
      KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   3. Cyphoderus colurus Börner 1908.

      Recorded by Börner (1908), Paclt 1959.
      KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   4. Cyphoderus limboxiphius Börner 1913

      Recorded by Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959)
      Transvaal

      
      
   5. Cyphoderus natalensis Börner 1913

      Recorded by Womersley 1934, Paclt 1959.
      Cango Caves Oudtshoorn.

      
      
   6. Cyphoderus omoensis Delamare 1945.

      = Cyphoderus arcuatus var aethiopicus Handschin 1929.

      Recorded by Womersley 1934, identification revised by Paclt (1959)
      Table Mountain, Cape Town. Hout Bay

      
      
   7. Cypoderus squamidives (Silvestri 1918)

      Recorded by Paclt (1967), Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959)
      Simonstown.

      
      
   8. Cyphoderus trinervoidis Paclt 1965

      Also recorded by Paclt (1967)
      Transvaal, 18 miles from Pretoria, in Richtung Babsfontein, in nest of Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt), J. L. Sheasby leg. 27.ii.63,
      Holotype SMF A 1677 and 14 paratypes SMF A 1678, 17 paratypes in Entomol. Avdeln, Zool Inst. Univ. Lund, 12 paratypes in the National Collection of Insects, Pretoria, Locality . 27.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: PSEUDOCYPHODERUS
   1. Pseudocyphoderus wasmanni Börner 1913

      Recorded by Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959)
      Transvaal, several localities

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: CALOBATINUS
   1. Calobatinus rhadinopus (Börner 1913)

      Recorded by Paclt (1967)
      Transvaal, 10 m E Pretoria, shelving and fungus comb in nest of Macrotermes natalensis, Rust de Winter, Farm Rooikop, fungus comb in nest of M. waterbergi. Delamare (1948) states that this species is found with Belicositermes natalensis.