An update of the UK list which features two particularly notable additions. The first of these is Entomobrya intermedia, an extremely common species but not one which was not recognised by Steve Hopkin. Since we know know that it stands up under DNA, it has been formally added to the list. The other is the globally invasive Desoria trispinata, a species I have not yet recorded but seems to be spreading rapidly and needs to be on our radar.
Shaw, P., & Trewhella, S. (2019) Recent Unusual UK Collembola Records – Entomobryomorpha and Poduromorpha. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 32 (3) 217-230. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/files/1192939/BJENH_Shaw19.pdf
Abstract: We report substantial updates to our understanding of the distribution of nine species of UK Collembola (orders Entomobryomorpha and Poduromorpha). We note four species omitted from the main UK key (one very common) and we note the rediscovery of five species in the UK after >50 years. Three of these were previously only collected in the UK by Richard Bagnall in the 1930s.
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