Entomobryidae

Willowsia platani, copyright Andy Murray.

Belongs within: Collembola.
Contains: Orchesella, Entomobrya, Sinella, Lepidocyrtus, Pseudosinella, Seirini.

The Entomobryidae are a family of elongate springtails with a well-developed mucro. Members of the subfamilies Entomobryinae and Capbryinae have four-segmented antennae whereas most Orchesellinae have antennae with five or six segments (Soto-Adames et al. 2008).

Characters (from Soto-Adames et al. 2008): Dentes crenulate, strongly tapered; mucro bidentate or falcate. Abdominal segments 2-4 usually with 2-3-2 bothriothrica on each side.

<==Entomobryidae
    |  i. s.: Templetonia nitida S00
    |--Orchesellinae G91
    |    |  i. s.: Strongylonotus W39
    |    |--Bessoniella Deharveng & Thibaud 1989 [Bessoniellini] S-AB08
    |    |--Corynothrix Tullberg 1876 CB80 [Corynothricini S-AB08]
    |    |    `--*C. borealis Tullberg 1876 CB80
    |    |--Heteromurini S-AB08
    |    |    |--Heteromurus Wankel 1860 (see below for synonymy) S-AB08
    |    |    |    |--*H. margaritarius Wankel 1860 CB80
    |    |    |    `--H. nitidus (Templeton 1835) (see below for synonymy) CB80
    |    |    |--Orchesellides Bonet 1930 [incl. Orchezelandia Salmon 1937] S-AB08
    |    |    |--Australotomurus Stach 1947 S-AB08
    |    |    |    `--A. johanni G91
    |    |    |--Alloscopus Börner 1906 [incl. Indoscopus Prabhoo 1971] S-AB08
    |    |    |--Heteromurtrella Mari Mutt 1979 S-AB08
    |    |    `--Verhoeffiella Absolon 1900 S-AB08
    |    |--Nothobrya Arlé 1961 [Nothobryini] S-AB08
    |    |--Orchesellini S-AB08
    |    |    |--Orchesella S-AB08
    |    |    |--Dicranocentrus Schött 1893 [incl. Dicranocentrella Wray 1953, Heteromuricus Imms 1912] S-AB08
    |    |    |--Dicranorchesella Mari Mutt 1977 S-AB08
    |    |    |--Neorchesella Mari Mutt 1981 S-AB08
    |    |    `--Pseudodicranocentrus Mari Mutt 1981 S-AB08
    |    `--Mastigoceras Handschin 1924 [Mastigocerini] S-AB08
    |--Capbryinae S-AB08
    |    |--Capbrya Barra 1999 S-AB08
    |    `--Hispanobrya Jordana & Baquero 2004 S-AB08
    |         `--*H. barrancoi Jordana & Baquero 2004 F05
    `--Entomobryinae G91
         |  i. s.: Sirodes Schäffer 1900 W39, S00
         |           `--*S. lamperti (Schäffer 1900) [=Sira (*Sirodes) lamperti] S00
         |         Mesira Börner 1903 W39
         |           |--M. australica (Schött 1917) (see below for synonymy) W39
         |           |--M. brunnea Womersley 1935 W39
         |           |--M. calolepis (Börner 1913) [=Pseudosira (Mesira) calolepis] W39
         |           |--M. fasciata Womersley 1934 W39
         |           |--M. flavocincta (Schött 1917) (see below for synonymy) W39
         |           |--M. longicornis (Schött 1917) [=Lepidocyrtoides longicornis] W39
         |           `--M. nigrocephala Womersley 1934 W39
         |--Entomobryini S-AB08
         |    |--Entomobrya S-AB08
         |    |--Sinella S-AB08
         |    |--Himalanura Baijal 1958 S-AB08
         |    |--Isotobrya Womersley 1934 S-AB08
         |    |    `--I. wheeleri Womersley 1934 W39
         |    |--Marginobrya Yoshii 1992 S-AB08
         |    `--Prodrepanura Stach 1963 S-AB08
         |--Lepidocyrtini [Lepidocyrtinae] S-AB08
         |    |--Lepidocyrtus S-AB08
         |    |--Acanthurella Börner 1906 S-AB08
         |    |    `--A. halei Womersley 1937 W39
         |    |--Allocyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono 1989 S-AB08
         |    |--Acrocyrtus Yosii 1959 (see below for synonymy) S-AB08
         |    |--Ascocyrtus Yosii 1963 [incl. Discocyrtus Yoshi 1959 non Holmberg 1878] S-AB08
         |    |--Carocyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono 1989 S-AB08
         |    |--Pseudosinella S-AB08
         |    |--Metasinella Denis 1929 S-AB08
         |    |--Onerocyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono 1989 S-AB08
         |    |--Rambutsinella Deharveng & Bedos 1996 S-AB08
         |    |--Setogaster Salmon 1951 S-AB08
         |    `--Sulcuncus Mills 1938 S-AB08
         |--Seirini S-AB08
         `--Willowsini S-AB08
              |--Willowsia Shoebotham 1917 CB80
              |    |--*W. nigromaculata (Lubbock 1873) CB80 (see below for synonymy)
              |    |--W. buski (Lubbock 1870) CB80 (see below for synonymy)
              |    |--W. erudita (Nicolet 1842) (n. d.) [=Degeeria erudita] CB80
              |    `--W. platani (Nicolet 1842) [=Degeeria platani] CB80
              |--Americabrya Mari Mutt & Palacios-Vargas 1987 S-AB08
              |--Drepanosira Bonet 1942 [incl. Parasira Bonet 1930] S-AB08
              |--Desertia Tshelnokov 1979 S-AB08
              |--Hawinella Bellinger & Christiansen 1974 S-AB08
              |--Janetschekbrya Yosii 1971 S-AB08
              |    |--*J. himalica Yosii 1971 CB80
              |    `--J. arida Christiansen & Bellinger 1980 CB80
              `--Lepidobrya Womersley 1937 S-AB08
                   `--L. mitchelli MC13

Acrocyrtus Yosii 1959 [incl. Cinctocyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono 1989, Dahlcyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono 1989] S-AB08

Heteromurus Wankel 1860 [incl. Heteromurodes Absolon 1901, Luoheteromurus Yongqin & Zhongcheng 1999, Propemesira Salmon 1942, Typhlopodura Absolon 1900] S-AB08

Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton 1835) [=Podura nitida; incl. Templetonia americana Harvey 1892, Propemesira duooculata, Lepidocyrtus marmoratus Packard 1873, Templetonia quadrioculata Schött 1896, *Heteromurodes quadrioculata] CB80

Mesira australica (Schött 1917) [=Lepidocyrtoides australicus, Lepidosira australica; incl. M. australica var. tambourinensis (Schött 1917)] W39

Mesira flavocincta (Schött 1917) [=Lepidocyrtoides flavocinctus; incl. M. flavocincta var. unicolor Womersley 1934] W39

Willowsia buski (Lubbock 1870) CB80 [=Seira buski CB80, Sira pruni var. buskii S00; incl. Willowsia buski var. distincta Maynard 1951 CB80, Degeeria pruni Nicolet 1842 (n. d.) CB80, Sira pruni S00]

*Willowsia nigromaculata (Lubbock 1873) CB80 [=Seira nigromaculata CB80; incl. Lepidocyrtus americanus Marlatt 1896 CB80, Willowsia mimica Harvey 1894 CB80, Sira mimica S00]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CB80] Christiansen, K., & P. Bellinger. 1980. The Collembola of North America north of the Rio Grande: A taxonomic analysis vol. 3. Family Entomobryidae. Grinnell College: Grinnell (Iowa).

[F05] Fernández, J. 2005. Noticia de nuevos táxones para la ciencia en el ámbito Íbero-Balear y Macaronésico. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península Ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (IX). Graellsia 61 (2): 261–282.

[G91] Greenslade, P. J. 1991. Collembola (springtails). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 252–264. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[S00] Schäffer, C. 1900. Ueber württembergische Collembola. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 56: 245–280, pl. 2.

[S-AB13] Soto-Adames, F. N., J.-A. Barra, K. Christiansen & R. Jordana. 2008. Suprageneric classification of Collembola Entomobryomorpha. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (3): 501–513.

[W39] Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia: Silverfish, springtails, and their allies. South Australian Branch of the British Science Guild: Adelaide.

Last updated: 2 June 2022.