New records for the Georgian springtail fauna (Collembola)

Shalva Barjadze; Hans-Jürgen Schulz; Ulrich Burkhardt; Willi E.R. Xylander; Revaz Djanashvili; Meri Salakaia

Soil Organisms (Aug 2023)

New records for the Georgian springtail fauna (Collembola)

Shalva Barjadze,
Hans-Jürgen Schulz,
Ulrich Burkhardt,
Willi E.R. Xylander,
Revaz Djanashvili,
Meri Salakaia

Affiliations

Shalva Barjadze: Agricultural University of Georgia
Hans-Jürgen Schulz: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Ulrich Burkhardt: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Willi E.R. Xylander: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Revaz Djanashvili: Agricultural University of Georgia
Meri Salakaia: Agricultural University of Georgia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 84, no. 3

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Five species of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) new to the Georgian fauna are presented: Anurida uniformis, Entomobrya lanuginosa, Isotomurus pseudopalustris, Protaphorura meridiata, and P. subarmata from Adjara Autonomous Republic, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Imereti Regions (Western Georgia) and Kakheti Region (Eastern Georgia) collected between 2010 and 2011. An overview of the investigation of this hexapod class in Georgia is given.

Published in Soil Organisms

ISSN: 1864-6417 (Print); 2509-9523 (Online)
Publisher: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology; Science: Zoology
Website: http://www.soil-organisms.org/

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