A Catalogue of Species of Collembola (Hexapoda: Ellipura) Deposited in Coleção de Referência de Fauna de Solo of the Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Brazil

• Published in: The Florida entomologist Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 9 - 14
• Main Authors: Brito, Roniere A, Lima, Estevam C. A, Ferreira, Aila S, Oliveira, João Victor L. C, Amorim, Tatiana P. L, Machado, Thais G, Lopes, Bruna C. H, Costa, Idalio A, Alves, Jorge L. S, Brito, Nathan P, Zeppelini, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lutz Florida Entomological Society 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Aquatic insects; Arrhopalites caecus; Biodiversity; biogeografia; Biogeography; Classification; coleção cientifica; Collembola; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Ellipura; Fauna; Folsomides famarensis; Habitats; Hexapoda; Holotypes; Identification and classification; Isotogastruridae; Lepidocyrtidae; Lepidocyrtus neofasciatus; material tipo; Neanuridae; Neelus; new record; New records; novos registros; RESEARCH PAPERS; scientific collection; Sminthuridae; Sminthurides aquaticus; Species; Springtails; taxonomia; Taxonomy; type material; Brazil
• ISSN: 0015-4040; 1938-5102
• DOI: 10.1653/024.100.0103

We present the catalogue of species of Collembola of the Coleção de Referência de Fauna de Solo at the Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (CRFS/ UEPB), including 6 holotypes of species of the Isotogastruridae, Lepidocyrtidae, Neanuridae, and Sminthuridae families. Four species are newly recorded in Brazil: Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871) Börner, 1906; Lepidocyrtus neofasciatus Wray, 1948; Folsomides famarensis Fjellberg, 1993; Sminthurides aquaticus (Bourlet, 1842) Folsom, 1896; and 1 genus, Neelus Folsom, 1896.