The genus Bionychiurus Pomorski, 1996 is not recorded from India so far. A new species nominated as tamilensis sp. n. described the Nilgiri Hills in Western Ghats. possess a dorsal pso formula 32/133/33,343 and ventral 11/011/11,121. similar to changbaiensis, B. normalis, oblongatus reported China Korea. 658 bp mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I DNA region (COX1) of was sequenced for it...

Abstract Collembola is a group of fauna that generally lives in the soil and has an important role as bioindicator fertility about its function detritivore. Habitat changes can cause community to be disturbed. This study aims determine composition abundance on agrotourism land edge forest away from Serang Village, Karangreja District, Purbalingga Regency. The research was conducted by survey me...

Three new non-indigenous springtail species are recorded in recent collections made on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctic: Deuteraphorura (Deuteraphorura) cebennaria (Gisin) (Collembola: Onychiuridae), Mesaphorura macrochaeta Rusek (Tullbergiidae), and Proisotoma minuta Axelson (Isotomidae). One of these, D. (D.) cebennaria, is described. Additionally, two new indigeno...

Population abundances of both Acarina (mites) and Collembola (springtails) were examined for continuous corn grown under no-till and conventional management practices on a clay loam, an Orthic Humic Gleysol (Typic Haplaquoll) near Ottawa, Ont., Canada (Lat. 458 220 N; Long. 758 430 W). For each tillage practice, samples for soil faunal extraction and soil attribute characterization were taken p...