The Onychiurid Springtails (Collembola: Onychiuridae) of South Africa

Compiled by Penelope Greenslade

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

Members of this family are leaf litter or soil-dwelling forms.

Family: ONYCHIURIDAE

1. Genus: MESAPHORURA
   1. Mesaphorura krausbaueri (Börner 1901)

      Tullbergia krausbaueri Börner 1901

      Recorded by Womersley (1934), Paclt (1959).
      Hout Bay, Cape Town, Stellenbosch

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: TULLBERGIA
   1. Tullbergia callipygos Börner 1901

      Recorded by Womersley (1934)
      Cape Town

      
      
   2. Tullbergia (Mesaphorura) kilimanjarica (Delamare)

      Recorded by Paclt 1967, Paclt (1959).
      van Rhynsdorp, Knersvlakte, Cape Peninsula, KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: ONYCHIURUS
   1. Onychiurus pseudinermis Börner 1903

      = Onychiurus fimetarius (Linne **) ( sensu Womersley)

      Recorded by Womersely (1934), reidentified by Paclt.
      Cape Town

      
      
   2. Onychiurus camerunenesis Schött

      Recorded by Paclt 1967
      Krugersdorp, Blyvooruitsig

      
      
   3. Onychiurus matsumotoi Matsumoto 1929.

      Recorded by Paclt (1959).
      Free State, Bloemfontein

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: ORTHONYCHIURUS
   1. Orthonychiurus saasveldensis (Weiner and Najt **)

      Onychiurus saasveldensis Weiner and Najt 1991

      Saasveld, nr George, subtropical indigenous forest,on bark of Scolopia mundii 27.i.87, V. Nicolai.
      Holotype male, paratypes 1 female, 1 male, (ISEA), paratype 1 male (MNHN).

      
      
   2. ? Onychiurus armatus

      Listed by Lawrence 1953.

      
      

Species inquirenda

1. Onychiurus armatus (Tullberg, 1869)

   Protaphorura armatus (Tullberg, 1869)

   Listed by Lawrence (1953).
   Nearctic species fragmented into numerous "microspecies".

   
   
2. Onychiurus fimetarius Linné, 1766

   = Onychiurus pseudinermis Börner, 1903, by Paclt (1959)
   Recorded by Womersley (1934).

   Species dubiae.

   
   
3. Onychiurus pseudinermis Börner, 1903

   = Onychiurus fimetarius L. by Womersley (1934), reidentified by Paclt (1959).

   Species dubiae.