Checklist of the springtails (Collembola) of Georgia

РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК Южный Научный Центр RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Southern Scientific Centre CAUCASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL BULLETIN Том 4. Вып. 2 Vol. 4. No. 2 Ростов-на-Дону 2008 Кавказский энтомол. бюллетень 4(2): 187—193 © CAUCASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL BULL. 2008 Checklist of the springtails (Collembola) of Georgia Список ногохвосток (Collembola) Грузии Sh. Barjadze 1, R. Djanashvili 1 Ш. Барджадзе 1, Р. Джанашвили 1 1 1 Laboratory of Entomology, Georgian Institute of Zoology, Chavchavadze av. , 31, Tbilisi 0179 Georgia. E-mail: Лаборатория энтомологии, Институт зоологии Грузии, пр. Чавчавадзе, 31, Тбилиси 0179 Грузия Keywords: Collembola, new records, caves, Georgia. Ключевые слова: Collembola, новые находки, пещеры, Грузия. Abstract. 84 species of springtails from 4 orders, 15 families and 51 genera are registered for ther fauna of Georgia. Of them 13 species are recorded for this territory the first time. Резюме. На сегодняшний день на территории Грузии отмечен 84 вида ногохвосток из 4 отрядов, 15 семейств и 51 родов. 13 из них впервые обнаружены в Грузии. Introduction Collembolans are one of the most numerous and diverse soil Hexapoda in terrestrial ecosystems. They are important ecotoxicological test organisms and have been used extensively to indicate the effects of environmental pollutants and different agricultural regimes on biodiversity in soils [Hopkin, 1997]. The investigation of the Georgian springtails began at the end of 1940s, but unfortunately collapsed in 1980s. Now we try to push them forward again. A restudy of R. Djanashvili’s collection permits us to add 13 species, namely Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871), A. pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860), Ceratophysella cavicola (Börner, 1901), Desoria trispinata (MacGillivray, 1896), Deuteraphorura variabilis (Stach, 1954), Folsomia spinosa Kseneman, 1936, Neelus murinus Folsom, 1896, Oligaphorura schoetti (Lie-Pettersen, 1896), Onychiuroides granulosus (Stach, 1930), Proisotoma minuta (Tullberg, 1871), Pseudachorutes dubius Krausbauer, 1898, Willowsia buski (Lubbock, 1871), W. nigromaculata (Lubbock, 1873) to the springtail list of Georgia. Contrary, some of the Grinberg records based on Stach’s monographies [1947, 1949a, b, 1951, 1954, 1956], viz. Deutonura alticola (Stach, 1951), Hypogastrura crassaegranulata (Stach, 1949), H. manubrialis (Tullberg, 1869), Micraphorura absoloni (Börner, 1901), Pseudachorutes dubius Krausbauer, 1898, Pseudisotoma sensibilis (Tullberg, 1877), Spatulosminthurus guthriei (Stach, 1919), Tetracanthella afurcata Handschin, 1919, Vertagopus cinereus (Nicolet, 1842) were deleted from the list, as after checking the exact localities mentioned by Stach, it became clear that they were found in other places of the Caucasus and Europe but not in Georgia. The following 7 unidentified species aren’t included in this checklist: Deuterosminthurus sp. from W.G.: Cave: Ghliana (Proper data), Entomobrya sp. from W.G.: Lapari (Rusek, 1961), Lepidocyrtus sp. from W.G.: Cave: Tetri (Proper data), Megalothorax sp. from W.G.: Caves: Sataplia I, Tsakhi (Proper data), Neanura sp. from W.G.: Mestia (Rusek, 1961), Seira sp. from W.G.: Lapari (Rusek, 1961) and Sphaeridia sp. from W.G.: Cave: Orpiri I (Proper data). Abbreviations: E.G.: East Georgia, W.G.: West Georgia, S.G.: South Georgia, Rep. - Republic, Reg. - Region, distr. district, IZG - Institute of Zoology of Georgia. Remark. In the checklist new record species for Georgia are indicated by an asterisk. Materials and methods Material examined is based on IZG (Institute of Zoology of Georgia) collections gathered by R. Djanashvili, V. Jishkariani and S. Levushkin in 1964—1971. Remounting of damaged slides was performed by using widely use standard method. Results Class Collembola Lubbock, 1870 Order Poduromorpha Börner, 1913, sensu D’Haese, 2002 Superfamily Hypogastruroidea Salmon, 1964, sensu Deharveng, 2004 Family Hypogastruridae Börner, 1906 Genus Ceratophysella Börner in Brohmer, 1932 C. armata (Nicolet, 1842) Distribution: Georgia, without exact locality [Grinbergs, 1960]; W.G.: Imereti Reg.: Tskaltubo distr. — Orpiri I cave, leg. R. Djanashvili, S. Levushkin (IZG). C. caucasica Martynova, 1971 Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Gagra Sh. Barjadze, R. Djanashvili 188 distr.: Bichvinta; surroundings of Sokhumi [Martynova, 1964 (as stercoraria), 1971]. C. cavicola (Börner, 1901) * Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Sokhumi distr. - Tskaro cave, leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG); Racha, Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti Reg.: Ambrolauri distr. — Nikortsminda cave, leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG). C. kolchidica (Babenko, 1994) [Hypogastrura kolchidica Babenko, 1994] Genus Pseudacherontides Djanaschvili, 1971 P. zenkevitchi Djanaschvili, 1971 Distribution: W.G.: Imereti Reg.: Tskaltubo distr. Orpiri I cave, leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG) [Djanaschvili, 1971]. Genus Schoettella Schäffer, 1896 S. ununguiculata (Tullberg, 1869) Distribution: W.G.: Imereti Reg.: Tskaltubo distr. — Ajameti reserve and 10 km from Kutaisi, under bark [Babenko, pers. comm.]. Distribution: W.G.: Guria Reg.: Chokhatauri distr.: surroundings of Bakhmaro [Babenko, 1994]. Genus Typhlogastrura Bonet, 1930 C. stercoraria Stach, 1963 T. morozovi Babenko, 1987 Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Sokhumi [Babenko in Babenko et al., 1994]. Distribution: W.G.: Cave: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Gudauta distr. — Mt. Bzipi — “Snezhnaya” cave [Babenko, 1987]. Genus Hypogastrura Bourlet, 1839 Subgenus Hypogastrura Bourlet, 1839 H. gisini Strenzke, 1954 Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Sokhumi (Babenko, pers. comm.). H. manubrialis (Tullberg, 1869) Distribution: W.G.: Ajameti reserve (Babenko, pers. comm.). H. vernalis (Carl, 1901) Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Sokhumi (Babenko, pers. comm.). H. viatica (Tullberg, 1872) Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Sokhumi (Babenko, pers. comm.); Imereti Reg.: Tskaltubo distr. — Orpiri I cave, Sataplia IV cave, leg. R. Djanashvili, S. Levushkin (IZG). Genus Mesogastrura Bonet, 1930 M. ojcoviensis (Stach, 1919) Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep.: Gudauta distr. — Chasm of Abkhazian Speleologist (Akuiu), leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG); Imereti Reg.: Chiatura distr. - Mgelaklde cave, Taroklde cave, leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG); Tkibuli distr. — Maghara (Tsutskhvati) cave, leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG); Tskaltubo distr. — Tetri cave; leg. R. Djanashvili (IZG) [Babenko et al., 1994]. Genus Microgastrura Stach, 1922 M. duodecimoculata Stach, 1922 Distribution: W.G.: Imereti Reg.: Tskaltubo distr. — Ajameti reserve [Babenko et al., 1994 just as “Caucasus”]. Genus Xenylla Tullberg, 1869 X. maritima Tullberg, 1869 Distribution: W.G.: Abkhazia Autonomic Rep., without exact locality [Potapov, Stebaeva in Babenko et al., 1994]. Superfamily Neanuroidea Massoud, 1967, sensu D’Haese, 2002 Family Neanuridae Börner, 1901, sensu Deharveng, 2004 Subfamily Neanuridae Börner, 1901, sensu Cassagnau, 1989 Tribe Neanurini Börne (...truncated)