Collembola

Orchesella cincta

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Collembola
Ordines: Entomobryomorpha – Neelipleona – Poduromorpha – Symphypleona

Name

Collembola Lubbock, 1871

Etymology: Greek kolla (κόλλα) 'glue' + embolon 'peg, stopper'

Synonyms

• Apontoptera Shipley, 1904

References

Primary references

• Lubbock, J. 1871. On the Origin of Insects. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 11(54): 422–425. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1871.tb01664.x . BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Abrantes, E.A. et al. 2010: Synthesis of Brazilian Collembola: an update to the species list. Zootaxa, 2388: 1–22. Preview PDF
• Abrantes, E.A. et al. 2012: Errata Corrigenda and update for the "Synthesis of Brazilian Collembola: an update to the species list." ABRANTES et al. (2010), Zootaxa, 2388: 1–22. Zootaxa, 3168: 1–21. Preview
• Babenko, A., Stebaeva, S.K. & Turnbull, M.W. 2019. An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola. Zootaxa 4592(1): 1–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4592.1.1 Reference page. 
• Buşmachiu, G., Bedos, A. & Deharveng, L. 2015: Collembolan species diversity of calcareous canyons in the Republic of Moldova. Zookeys, 506: 95–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.506.8643 Full article view Reference page. 
• Bușmachiu, G., Kováč, L., Miklisová, D. & Weiner, W.M. 2017. Riparian Collembola (Hexapoda) communities of northern Moldova, Eastern Europe. ZooKeys 724: 119–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.724.12478 Reference page. 
• Cheng, H-J., Janssens, F. & Chang, C-H. 2022. An updated checklist of Collembola in Taiwan, with DNA barcoding of Papirioides jacobsoni Folsom, 1924 (Symphypleona, Dicyrtomidae). Zookeys 1123ː 123–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1123.90202 Reference page. 
• D’Haese, C.A. 2003: Morphological appraisal of Collembola phylogeny with special emphasis on Poduromorpha and a test of the aquatic origin hypothesis. Zoologica scripta, 32(6): 563–586. DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00134.x
• Ellis, W.N.; Bellinger, P.F. 1973: An annotated list of the generic names of Collembola (Insecta) and their type species. Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, (7) Reference page. 
• Eusébio, R., Sendra, A., Enghoff, H. & Reboleira, A.S.P.S. 2018. Catalogue of the type material in the entomological collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark: basal hexapods. Zootaxa 4457(2): 201–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Giuga, L. & Jordana, R. 2013. Three new species of Collembola from soils of Mediterranean cork-oak forests of Sicily (Italy). Zootaxa 3664(2): 283–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3664.2.9 Reference page. 
• Janssens, F. & Christiansen, K.A. 2011. Class Collembola Lubbock, 1870. Pp 192–194 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 
• Jantarit, S., Bedos, A. & Deharveng, L. 2016. An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand. Zootaxa 4169(2): 301–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4. Reference page. 
• Kolesnikova, A.A., Baturina, M.A., Shadrin, D.M., Konakova, T.N. & Taskaeva, A.A. 2019. New records of Lumbricidae and Collembola in anthropogenic soils of East European tundra. ZooKeys, 885: 15–25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.885.37279 Reference page. 
• Jordana, R., Fadrique, F. & Baquero, E. 2012. The collembolan fauna of Maestrazgo caves (Teruel, Spain) with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3502: 49–71. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Shayanmehr, M., Yahyapour, E., Kahrarian, M. & Lafooraki, E.Y. 2013. An introduction to Iranian Collembola (Hexapoda): an update to the species list. ZooKeys 335: 69-83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.335.5491 Reference page. 
• Stebaeva, S.K., Lonsdale, O. & Babenko, A. 2016. Catalogue of type materials of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes. Zootaxa 4088(3): 429–437. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.8.Reference page. 
• Turnbull, M.S. & Stebaeva, S. 2019. Collembola of Canada. ZooKeys 819: 187–195. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.23653 Reference page. 
• Xiong, Y.; Gao, Y.; Yin, W.-y.; Luan, Y.-x. 2008: Molecular phylogeny of Collembola inferred from ribosomal RNA genes. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 49(3): 728–735. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.007.

Links

• Checklist of the Collembola of the World. http://www.collembola.org . Bellinger, P.F., Christiansen, K.A. & Janssens, F. 1996–2009.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Ayaqquyruqlar
беларуская: Нагахвосткі
català: Col·lèmbol
čeština: Chvostoskoci
dansk: Springhaler
Deutsch: Springschwänze
Ελληνικά: Κολλέμβολα
English: Springtails
Esperanto: Vostsaltuloj
español: Colémbolos
eesti: Hooghännalised
suomi: Hyppyhäntäiset
français: Collemboles
galego: Colémbolos
Avañe'ẽ: Tuguaipopo
日本語: トビムシ目 (粘管目)
한국어: 톡토기목 (점관목, 탄미목)
македонски: Земјени болви
português: Colêmbolo
slovenščina: Skakači
svenska: Hoppstjärtar
Türkçe: Sıçrar kuyruklular

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