On some Collection of Collembola Present in the Apterygota Section

Abstract

While going through the collection present in the Apterygota section of National Zoological Collection of Zoological Survey of India, we came across the following collections of collembolan specimens which has not been identified and published so far. From those collections, we have identified 14 species of Collembolaunder 9 genera distributed over 3 families. There are about 8000 described species of Collembola worldwide (FransJanssens, 2012).Indian fauna of Collembola represented by 299 species in 103 genera under 19 families (Mandai, 2010). Identification of specimens is done using a phase contrast compound microscope following Christiansen, KA and Bellinger, P.F., (1998).