The Isotomid Springtails (Collembola: Isotomidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Penelope Greenslade

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

Most species live in soil, but also associated with freshwater or in crevices on the seashore.

Family: ISOTOMIDAE

1. Genus: ISOTOMODES
   1. Isotomodes productus (Axelson 1907)

      Recorded by Womersely (1934)
      Signal Hill, Cape Town.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: ISOTOMURUS
   1. Isotomurus palustris (Muller 1776)

      Recorded by Womersley (1934) and Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959)
      Ceres and a number of localities in Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   2. Isotomurus palustris var balteata Reuter 1876

      Recorded by Womersely (1934)
      Table Mountain Cape Town, Stellenbosch

      
      
   3. Isotomurus tricuspis (Börner)

      Recorded by Paclt 1967, Paclt (1959)
      Cape Town, Table Mountain Drive.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: ISOTOMA
   1. Isotoma bituberculata Wahlgren 1906

      Recorded by Womersley (1934), Paclt (1959).
      Inchanga KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province.

      
      
   2. Isotoma notabilis Schäffer

      Recorded by Paclt 1967, Paclt (1959).
      A number of localities in Cape Province, Free State,

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: FOLSOMIDES
   1. Folsomides americanus Denis 1931

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      ?

      
      
   2. Isotomodes productus (Axelson 1906)

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      Signal Hill, Cape Town.

      
      
   
   
5. Genus: PROISOTOMA
   1. Proisotoma schötti (Dalla Torre 1895)

      Recorded by Womersley (1934) and Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959).
      Stellenbosch, Cape Province

      
      
   2. Proisotoma africana Womersley 1934

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      Kimberley, Cape Town, Cape Peninsula, KwaZulu-Natal.
      Cotypes in the CTM

      
      
   3. Proisotoma minuta (Tullberg)

      Recorded by Paclt 1967, Paclt (1959).
      A number of localities in Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State,

      
      
   
   
6. Genus: BALLISTURA
   1. Ballistura schotti (Dalla Torre)

      Recorded by Yosii (1959)

      Rondevlei Marsh.

      
      
   
   
7. Genus: CRYPTOPYGUS
   1. Cryptopygus caecus Wahlgren 1906

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      Cape Peninsula, Table Mnt, KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   
   

   Species inquirenda

8. Genus: FOLSOMOTOMA
   1. Folsomotoma finitima (Scerbakow, 1899)

      Isotoma finitima Scerbakow, 1899

      Sorensia finitima (Scerbakow, 1899)
      Recorded by Paclt (1959). KwaZulu-Natal
      Young specimens, species dubiae.

      
      
9. Genus: ISOTOMA
   1. Isotoma mauretanica Handschin, 1926

      ? Isotomurus mauretanicus (Handschin, 1926)
      Recorded by Womersley (1934), without description, Table Mountain Cape Town, Stellenbosch. Specimens referable to this species was described by Handschin from Algeria.
      Species dubiae.