12 poduridae 



Order COLLEMBOLA 

 Compiled by J. W. Folsom 



Family PODURIDAE 



SUBFAMILY PODURINAE 



PODURA (Linnaeus) TuUberg 



P. aquatica L. {granulata MacG.)- Ithaca, Oct-Nov, RiihyBHughes. Common on 

 surface o£ water of ponds and streams ; adapted to a semi-aquatic existence ; 

 often appears in aquaria. Generally distributed: Europe; Siberia; Canada; 

 Mass, NY, Ohio, Ind, 111, Tenn, Wis, Minn, Wash. 



SUBFAMILY ACHORUTINAE 

 ACHORUTES Templeton 



A. packardi Fols. (nivicola Pck., 1873; Lint., 1885; MacG., 1891; Harv., 1893; 



Lint., 1896). Macedon, Ap-May, Hd; Ithaca, Jan-Feb (Comstock&MacG) ; 



Stockport, Ap ; Monsey, Mar, HGlasgoiu. Generally distributed : Me, Mass, 



NY, Penn, Md, Ohio, 111 ; Canada. 

 A. packardi var. dentatus Fols. Potsdam, May, Yg-, Ithaca, Ap (MacG); Ghent, 



Ap. Generally distributed: Me, Mass, NY, Ohio. 

 A. socialis Uzel (diversiceps Lint.). Otto, Comstock; Karner, Ap, Lint; Voorhees- 



ville, Ap, on snow, Bish ; Kingston, Mar, pools black with them, Leon. The 



"snow flea" was described by Fitch (1847) under the name Podura nivicola; 



Uzel gave, however, the first adequate description of the species. Generally 



distributed : common in most parts of Europe ; Me, Mass, NY, Penn, Mich ; 



Canada. 

 A. harveyi Fols. Ithaca, Ap (MacG). Generally distributed: Me, Mass, Conn, NY, 



Md; Canada. 

 A. macgillivrayi Fols. Ithaca, Ap-Nov (MacG). Generally distributed: NY, 111. 

 A. manubrialis Tull. LI: Riverhead, Oct, frequently doing great damage to cauli- 

 flower plants, seedling cucumbers, and melons (Huck). Generally distributed: 



Europe; S. America; NY. 

 A. armatus Nic. {holetivorus Pck., marmoratus Pck., texensis Pck., pratorum 



Pck.). Varna, Mar, Bks; Ithaca, Ap (MacG); NYC, Jl (Silv). Generally 



distributed: cosmopolitan. Europe; S. America; New Zealand; Sumatra; 



Canada; Cuba; Me, NH, Mass, Conn, NY, Penn, Ohio, 111, Mo, Tex, Minn, 



Colo, Calif, Wash, Alaska. 

 A. (Schottella) glasgowi Fols. Blauvelt, Mar, May, LIGlasgozu; NYC, Jl (Silv). 



Xenylla Tullberg 



X. humicola Tull. LI: Cold Sp. Harb., CB Davenport. Generally distributed: 



Europe ; Canada ; Mass, NY. 

 X. welchi Fols. LI: Bav Shore, Oct, in a greenhouse. Generally distributed: NY, 



111, Kans. 

 X. maritima Tull. Macedon, Ap, Lid. Generally distributed:, Europe; NY. 



