The Sminthurid Springtails (Collembola: Sminthuridae) of South Africa

Compiled by Penelope Greenslade

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

Terrestrial. They live predominantly in superficial leaf litter, on low vegetation, on trees, on surface of still fresh water. Some workers regard the subfamilies as families.

Family: SMINTHURIDAE

Subfamily: SMINTHURIDINAE

1. Genus: SMINTHURIDES
   1. S. minimus (Schött)

      Sminthurus (Sphaeridaia) minimus Schött 1893: 7

      Recorded by Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959)
      Free State,

      
      
   2. S. (Denisiella) serroseta Börner

      Sminthurides (Stenacidia) serroseta Börner 1908: 58

      Recorded by Börner (1908) Paclt 1959
      Kalahari, Bechuanaland

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: KATIANNINAE

2. Genus: SMINTHURINUS
   1. Sminthurinus niger (Lubbock 1873)

      Stellenbosch, under loose bark of fallen log, CP, 12.viii.30

      
      
   2. Sminthurinus terrestris Womersley 1931.

      Also recorded by Paclt (1967), Paclt (1959)
      Stellenbosch, university orchard, on surface of ground beneath Cape Weed, 24,vii.30, 22-24,viii,30: similar habitat, March Memorial Homes, Rondebosch.August, 1930.
      Type in SAM.

      
      
   3. Sminthurinus stenognathus Börner 1907

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

      
      
   4. Sminthurinus pallidus Womersley 1931

      Stellenbosch, university orchard, on surface of ground beneath Cape Weed, 28.ix,30.
      Holotype in SAM.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: KATIANNA
   1. K. kerguelensis Denis

      Katianna kerguelensis Denis 1947.

      Recorded by (Paclt 1959)
      Drakensberg

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: BOURLETIELLINAE

4. Genus: BOURLETIELLA
   1. B. arvalis (Fitch)

      Smynthurus arvalis Fitch 1863: 673

      Recorded by Paclt (1959)
      Stellenbosch

      
      
   
   
5. Genus: RASTRIOPES
   1. R. lineata Womersley

      Rastriopes lineata Womersley 1931.

      Also recorded by Paclt (1967)
      Kloof Nek, Cape Town, 27.vii,30, under fallen twig and a number of localites in Cape Province and Transvaal.
      Holotype, CTM

      
      
   2. R. schultzei (Börner)

      Bourletiella schultzei Börner 1908: 61

      Recorded by Börner (1908), Paclt (1959)
      Klein-Namaland, Table Mountain,

      
      
   
   
6. Genus: DEUTEROSMINTHURUS
   1. D. marmoratus Womersley

      Deuterosminthurus marmoratus Womersley 1931.

      Hottentots Holland Mountains, Jan 1916, rain pools at 4000 ft; Kalk Bay Mountain, Cape Peninsula, 12.i.1912.

      
      
   2. D. marmoratus var barnardi Womersley

      Deuterosminthurus marmoratus var barnardi Womersley 1931.

      Hottentots Holland Mountains, Jan 1916, in grass at 4000 ft; Kalk Bay Mountain, Cape Peninsula, 12.i.1912.

      
      
   
   
7. Genus: TRITOSMINTHURUS
   1. T. schuhi Snider

      Tritosminthurus schuhi Snider 1988.

      South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Point Nature Reserve, 30.i.68, R.T. Schuh, J. and S. Slater, M. Sweet.
      Holotype female, 100 syntypes, 31 slides, Entomology Museum, Michigan State University, USA.

      
      
   
   
8. Genus: PRORASTRIOPES
   1. P. webbi Paclt

      Prorastriopes webbi Paclt 1964.

      Also recorded by Paclt 1967
      Mkuzi Game Reserve, Zululand, found at light, S. v V. Webb leg, December 1945 to Janaury 1946,
      Holotype females, SMF A 1673, Paratypes 2 females, South African collection AcV, locality 82.

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: SMINTHURINAE

9. Genus: SMINTHURUS
   1. S. viridis (Linnaeus)

      Sminthurus viridis (Linne 1758)

      Recorded by Paclt 1959, Lawrence (1953).
      Stellenbosch

      biology by Walters (1964)

      
      
   
   
10. Genus: SPHYROTHECA
    1. S. prodigiosa (Yosii)

       Papirinus prodiginosum Yosii 1954.

       Recorded by Paclt (1959)
       KwaZulu-Natal., Drakensberg