Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 9() 1964
Materials to the Knowledge of Chinese Collembolan Fauna
Abstract:
The Collembolan Fauna of China is very insufficiently known. First species of this group of insects were reported from China in 1929 by Denis, who on the basis of material collected by Silvestri in North China (Peking), Central China (Hankow) and South China (Kwantung and Yunnan Districts) described ten species, one new form and five species noted already from other countries, in his two articles. In 1935, Ming Tsang Cheo noted three injurious species of Collembola from China, among them Sminthurus viridis (L.) new to China, but widely distributed over continents. In 1948 Uchida reported seven species of Collembola, among which two new to science from Shansi (prov. of North China). I had occasions to describe five species new to the Chinese fauna at various times, namely in 1947 Proisotoma minuta (Tulle.), in 1954 Onychiurus sinensis Stach, and in 1963 Entomobrya imitabilis Stach, Entomobrya pekinensis Stach and Entomobrya hortensis Stach. This small number of Collembola known from China has been augmented pretty remarkably by the species found in the material collected occasionally by Prof. Dr K. Kowalski during his specialistic studies in China, in three localities: Peking, Nanking and Hangchow, in 1962. Although Prof. Kowalski had no suitable equipment to catch the Collembola, his collection is fairly abundant, and contains about as m any species as are known from China so far. Among these species are 11 new to science and 9 new to the fauna of China.
