Collembola of Canada

Abstract

The state of knowledge of diversity of Collembola in Canada was assessed by examination of literature and DNA barcode data. There are 474 described extant Collembola species known from Canada, a significant change compared to the 520 species estimated to occur in Canada in 1979 (Richards 1979) and the 341 reported in the most recent national checklist (Skidmore 1993). Given the number of indeterminate or cryptic species records, the dearth of sampling in many regions, and the growing use of genetic biodiversity assessment methods such as Barcode Index Numbers, we estimate the total diversity of Collembola in Canada to be approximately 675 species. Advances in Collembola systematics and Canadian research are discussed.

Diversity and Breadth of Host Specificity among Arthropod Pathogens in the Entomophthoromycotina

“…For taxonomy of hosts, we followed naming conventions from GBIF [ 41 ], Giribet and Edgecombe [ 42 ], Turnbull and Stebaeva [ 43 ], and Krantz and Walter [ 44 ]. Clear identification of hosts to family level was required for inclusion; for example, hosts of some fungal species were only identified in the literature to class or order ( n = 13) and these were excluded from analyses ( Table S2 ).…”