The Neanurid Springtails (Collembola: Neanuridae) of South Africa

Compiled by Penelope Greenslade

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

Most are terrestrial, found in various habitats (soil, leaf litter, under bark and stones, littoral habitats).

Family: NEANURIDAE

Subfamily: FRIESEINAE

1. Genus: FRIESEA
   1. Friesea claviseta Axelson 1900

      Recorded by Womersley 1934
      Stellenbosch.

      
      
   2. Friesea barnardi (Womersley 1934)

      Polycanthella barnardi Womersley

      Recorded by Womersley 1934, Paclt (1959).
      Delagoa Bay, Mozambique.
      Paclt considers this a synonym of Oudemansia dubia Denis 1947

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: PSEUDACHORUTINAE

2. Genus: AETHIOPELLA
   1. Aethiopella flavoantennata (**Filipcenko 1926) ssp. capensis Womersley 1934.

      Ceratrimeria flavoantennatus (**Philiptschenko 1926)

      Recorded by Womersley 1934
      Inchanga KwaZulu-Natal, Table Mountain, Cape Town.

      
      
   2. Aethiopella handschini (Denis 1924)

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      Cape Peninusula, Lesotho.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: CERATRIMERIA
   1. Ceratrimeria alluaudi (Delamare 1946)

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      KwaZulu-Natal, Gudu Falls

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: NAJTAFRICA Barra, 2002
   1. Najtafrica riebi (Barra 1994)
      

      Najtafrica riebi (Barra 1994)

      Stachorutes riebi Barra 1994

      Lake St Lucia, 100km south of Sodwana Bay, foot of first dune, moist sand at 5cm depth under pioneer vegetation., 6.ii.92.
      Holotype female in Royal Museum of Central Africa at Tervuren, Belgium, 3 female paratypes (2 imms) with Barra.

      
      
   
   
5. Genus: PSEUDACHORUTES
   1. Pseudachorutes universicatus Weiner and Najt 1991

      Saasveld, nr George, subtropical indigenous forest, pitfalls, 17.xii.86-17.i.87, V. Nicolai
      Holotype female, paratypes 6 male, 2 females, 4 juv (ISEA), paratypes 4 males, 2 females, 5 juv, (MNHN).

      
      
6. Genus: PSEUDACHORUTELLA
   1. Pseudachorutella africana Weiner and Najt 1991

      Saasveld, nr George, subtropical indigenous forest, pitfalls, 17.xii.86-17.i.87, V. Nicolai
      Holotype male (ISEA).

      
      
   
   
7. Genus: ANURIDA
   1. A. maritima Laboulbene

      Anurida maritima Laboulbene 1865

      Recorded by Börner (1908), Womersley, Paclt (1959)., Yosii (1959), Lawrence (1953)
      Luderitz-Bucht, Angra Pequena, Saldanha Bay, Cape Peninsula, Melkbos Strand, Kleinmond, Durban KwaZulu-Natal, Hout Bay, Cape Town, Muizenberg, Sea Point.

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: NEANURINAE

8. Genus: NEANURA
   1. N. muscorum (Templeton)

      Neanura muscorum Templeton 1835

      Cathcart C.P. 15,i.51, pine needle litter, T.J.Coates AcV 66142.

      
      
   
   
9. Genus: ECTONURA
   1. E. natalensis (Womersley)

      Neanura natalensis (Womersley)

      Achorutes natalensis Womersley 1934

      = Neanura montana (Handschin 1929) [incorrect identification] recorded by Paclt (1959).

      4 females, 1 male, Inchanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Nov. 1917 K.H. Barnard, 2 females, slide 21B lectotype, 21A paralectotype, S.A.Mus, Cape Town, 2 females, 1 male paralectotype in SAMA., KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province

      
      
   2. E. oribiensis (Coates)

      Neanura oribiensis Coates 1968a

      Ectonura coatesi Barra 1994

      Sodwana Bay National Park, KwaZulu-Natal, 300 km N of Durban, litter and superficial humus on dune sand covered by a dense, arbustive forest and loree of camp.
      Holotype male and one paratype female in Royal Museum of Central Africa at Tervuren, Belgium, other paratypes with Barra.

      
      
   3. Ectonura sp.

      Ectonura sp. Weiner and Najt 1991

      Saasveld, nr George, subtropical indigenous forest,on bark of Olinia ventosa , 23.xii.86, V. Nicolai
      1 specimen only (ISEA)

      
      
   
   
10. Genus: VITRONURA
    1. V. joanna (Coates)

       Ectonura joanna Coates 1968

       Potchefstroom, 2.ii.66, compost, J. Mathew, AcV 66/126. Pretoria, pot plant soil, 15.ix.66, T. J. coates, AcV 66/157.
       Holotype female, paratype male and 8 female, 1 juv paratype, in National Collection of Insects, Pretoria.

       
       
    2. Vitronura sp.

       Vitronura sp. Weiner and Najt 1991

       Saasveld, nr George, subtropical indigenous forest,on bark of Scolopia mundii 27.i.87, V. Nicolai
       1 specimen only (ISEA)

REFERENCS

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.