Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 25() 1981
Collembola of the Pieniny National Park in Poland
Abstract:
In the Pieniny Mts., 191 species of Collembola have been found, of which 18 are new for the fauna of Poland. The soil fauna and epigeon were classified and analysed in detail, while corticophilous, ripicolous and synanthropic faunas were described only briefly. The soil samples were grouped according to the microhabitat relations within the particular plant associations. The author distinguished four zoogeographical groups in the fauna of springtails: widely distributed species, montane species, Boreal-alpine species and southern species. The fauna of the Pieniny Mts. is strongly related to the fauna of the whole Carpathian Range, with a relatively great share of southern forms. An attempt has been made to identify the relicts from the particular climatic periods, basing on the analysis of paleographic and biogeographic relations. The oldest elements in the fauna of Pieniny Mts. seem to originate from the Tertiary; glacial, interglacial, postglacial and recently migrating elements also occur.
