http://www.collembola.org/doc/news.htm - Last updated on 2024.02.04 by Frans Janssens
Checklist of the Collembola: News Collembola in the news today

News on collembology and collembologists is presented in reverse chronological order.


Overview of PDF papers on new species of Collembola released on the internet


2024.08.26-29. XIXth International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ) and the XVIth International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA).
Cape Town, South Africa.
Email of Dr Charlene Janion-Scheepers, 2023.03.22.
Email of Dr Juliette Chassain, 2024.02.02.

2023.12.15. European Atlas of Soil Fauna initiative.
Check out the link above, where all the steps to join the initiative are explained. Thank you for considering this invitation, and we sincerely hope you will join us co-creating the Atlas.
Email of Dr Maria Tsiafouli, 2023.10.27.

2023.04.13. The Collembola of North America North of the Rio Grande.
I'm pleased to be able to write to you today to share that the Grinnell College Libraries have successfully added Ken Christiansen's and Peter Bellinger's The Collembola of North America to Grinnell's digital repository. All four parts are both browsable and full text searchable in order to make their work as accessible as possible to researchers.
Email of Mark Christel, 2023.04.13.

2023.01.18. A call for collaboration to create the European Atlas of Soil Fauna.
If you wish to share your data to the European Atlas of Soil Fauna (please do so)!
For more details, please contact TSIAFOULI MARIA (tsiafoul@bio.auth.gr).
Email of Dr Cristina Fiera, 2023.01.18.

2022.02.02. In memoriam: Hiroshi Tamura., by Wanda Maria Weiner.
I come with sad news. Today our colleague and great friend Prof. Tamura passed away from us. Let him rest in peace.
Email of Dr Wanda Maria Weiner, 2022.02.02.

2022.01.21. In memoriam: Josef Rusek., by L'ubomir Kovác.
On 13th January 2022 our great colleague and friend Prof. Rusek, outstanding collembologist and proturologist, passed away at age 83. I am sure that many of his ideas and work will stay with us. Let's dedicate a silent memory to him.
Email of Dr L'ubomir Kovác, 2022.01.21.

2021.08.16-21. XVIIIth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology (ICSZ).
Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.
Email of Dr Wanda Maria Weiner, 2019.04.30.

2021.08.16-21. XVth International Colloquium on Apterygota (ICA).
Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.
Email of Dr Wanda Maria Weiner, 2019.04.30.

2020.05.28. In memoriam: Walter Hüther., by Ulrich Burkhardt.
One of our great German researchers on soil zoology, Dr Walter Hüther, passed away on May 11th 2019, aged 87 years.
Please find here an appreciation of his life and work:
Decker, P., Benz, B., Hannig, K., Hüther, B. & Hüther, M. 2019. Obituary Dr Walter Hüther (1931-2019), Soil Organisms, 92(1), May 2020, p.1-4.
Email of Dr Ulrich Burkhardt, 2020.05.08.

2020.02.22. New book: Morfología externa de los panartrópodos.
Esta obra ha sido elaborada por especialistas de la Facultad de Ciencias de la UNAM, y en ella se presenta de manera detallada la morfolog¡a externa de los panartrópodos, describiendo sus diferentes estructuras, las generalidades de cada grupo y las relaciones filogenéticas que presentan, entre otros temas.
Email of Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas, 2020.02.22.

2019.08.31 Global synthesis study on the diversity and abundance of collembolan communities. by Anton Potapov.
The primary idea is to compile published and unpublished data on abundance and species diversity (community data) of Collembola available from private archives of researchers around the globe. This is a huge effort, which is not possible to achieve alone, but it is possible if many people will contribute a piece. If achieved, the initiative would allow us to standardize available data, make it accessible for re-use and save the data in long term. This will also allow us to recognise problems in compatibility of existing data and identify gaps of knowledge. We would be able to demonstrate latitudinal gradients and effects of temperature, precipitation and vegetation types on the abundance and diversity of Collembola on the global scale. Finally, we could show a rigor evidence to broad scientific community that Collembola are the most abundant "insects" on Earth. This may bring additional relevance to the study, concerning the recent public recognition of insect diversity decline.
Based on the compiled data, a common publication in a high-impact journal will be prepared and all the final data providers will be included as co-authors.
The following steps are suggested (dates are preliminary):
* Distribution of the information among colleagues and compiling a list of interested researchers (by autumn 2019).
* Editorial board meeting, data collection, data quality check, data selection, data cleaning (2019-2020).
* Data analysis and publication of a paper (end 2020-2021).
* Data repository for further re-use and analysis according to the agreements with all stakeholders (2020-2021).
All information about the related meetings and data sharing policy will be send to all interested people during next months.
Email of Dr Anton Potapov, 2019.06.28.

2019.06.17-21. 10th International Seminar on Apterygota. by Cyrille D'Haese.
Paris, France.
"Dear Colleagues, it is our pleasure to confirm that the 10th International Seminar on Apterygota will be held on the 17th to the 21st of June 2019 in Paris (France).
This Seminar has taken place roughly every four years for more than 40 years. It aims to bring together researchers from around the world working on Apterygota, a paraphyletic group that includes the five clades of basal hexapods (Collembola, Protura, Diplura, Microcoryphia and Zygentoma).
ISA offers the world-wide scientific community the opportunity to meet, exchange and discuss their research on the various aspects of the five basal hexapod taxa of 'Apterygota'.
The topics covered in the oral communications and posters are varied: taxonomy, morphology, biogeography, evolution, ecology, physiology, ecotoxicology, genomics. These seminars provide an awaited opportunity to build, structure and reinforce our research community, which has a notable historical basis.
We are trying to organize this seminar cost-effectively in order to keep it affordable for everyone (fees under 200 euros). The fees will include lunches, coffee breaks and two evening events as well as the visit of the galleries of the MNHN. Please note that the fees will not include accommodation, but we will suggest affordable places in the area to stay at during the Seminar.
The Seminar welcomes all oral and poster presentations concerning Apterygota. Conference proceedings will be published in Soil Organisms.
Abstract submission and registration for the Seminar will be soon open.
For organizational reasons, would you please tell us if you plan to attend and if you wish to give an oral communication and/or present a poster? Thank you for completing the provisional registration form online: https://framaforms.org/preinscription-form-for-isa10-1542882543.
Cyrille D'Haese, Thomas Tully & Jean-Marc Thibaud."
Email of Drs Cyrille D'Haese, Thomas Tully & Jean-Marc Thibaud, 2018.11.30.

2019.01.24. In memoriam: Wolfram Dunger., by Ulrich Burkhardt and Karin Voigtländer.
With great sadness we announce the death of Professor Wolfram Dunger, on 24th January 2019, aged 89. We will remember him as an outstanding soil zoologist and one of the most influential scientists on the biology of Collembola, Myriapoda and other soil invertebrates.
Email of Dr Ulrich Burkhardt, 2019.02.07.

2018.05.05. In memoriam: Friedrich Schaller., by Cyrille D'Haese.
Friedrich Schaller passed away on Mai 5, 2018 at the age of 98.
Email of Dr Cyrille D'Haese, 2018.09.18.

2018.03.20-23. Linking soil biodiversity with soil organic matter dynamics., COST Action KEYSOM 2nd Training School, by Paulo Sousa on behalf of Juan J. Jiménez and Juliane Filser.
Birmensdorf, Zurich, 20-23 March 2018, Switzerland.
Total number of participants is estimated at 30 persons, maximum. Application files (one single pdf), including a CV and a motivation letter, should be sent to Aline Frossard (aline.frossard@wsl.ch) until January 15, 2018.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2017.12.15.

2017.11.26. In memoriam: Kenneth Christiansen., by Phyllis Christiansen.
Ken died yesterday afternoon, on 26th november 2017, after just four days in the hospital. His death was peaceful, with family present. We are thankful that it came before further mental deterioration.
"Ken reached an amazing age and left behind very many important contributions to ecology, taxonomy and evolution biology of Collembola and subterranean animals. He directly influenced several generations of specialists in these topics.
We will remember him for sure!" (dixit Dr Lubomir Kovác).
Emails of Phyllis Christiansen, 2017.11.27 and Dr Lubomir Kovác, 2017.11.28.
See also : In remembrance of Kenneth A. Christiansen.

2017.11.06-10. Collembola Collection and Identification Workshop., by Charlene Janion-Scheepers.
Stellenbosch, 6-10 November 2017; Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Email of Dr Corey Bazelet, 2017.06.15.

2016.08.22-26. XVIIth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology (ICSZ) and XIVth International Colloquium on Apterygota (ICA). , by Taizo Nakamori.
ICSZ: August 22 to 26, 2016. ICA: August 24 to 26, 2016. Nara, Japan.
Important dates are as follows:
Abstract submission deadline: February 12, 2016.
Notice of abstract acceptance: February 29, 2016.
Early registration: March 1 to April 15, 2016.
Late registration: until July 31, 2016.
Email of Taizo Nakamori, 2016.02.07.

2016.04.08. In memoriam: Paul Cassagnau., by Louis Deharveng.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Paul Cassagnau, on 8th April 2016.
Prof. Cassagnau was widely recognized as one of the most influential Collembologists of the second half of the 20th century, through his works on the taxonomy and classification of Neanurinae, his syntheses on the chaetotaxy of Poduromorpha, his pioneering and unsurpassed studies on Collembolan biology, ranging from polytene chromosomes to ecomorphosis and epitoky, and his publications on their ecology, in which he was among the first to employ multivariate analyses.
Email of Dr Louis Deharveng, 2016.07.01.

2015.12.06. Planète Collemboles, la vie secrète des sols., by Philippe Lebeaux and Jérôme Cortet, an artistic video introduction to the world of Collembola. In addition: the well illustrated book 'Planète Collemboles, la vie secrète des sols' by Cortet, J. & Lebeaux, P. 2015.
Email of Philippe Lebeaux, 2015.12.06.

2015.12.04. Der Dunkelbraune Kugelspringer Allacma fusca - Insekt des Jahres 2016 - Deutschland - Österreich - Schweiz, by Jürgen Schulz and Andreas Stark, a flyer and video clips on Allacma fusca.
Email of Dr Hans-Jürgen Schulz, 2016.03.03.

2015.09.14-25. The use of trait based approaches in community ecology and stress ecology., by Paulo Sousa.
Coimbra, 14-25 September 2015; Faculdade de Ciências e Technologia - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2015.03.03.

2015.02.02-06. Data Analysis Tools in Ecology 2015., by Paulo Sousa.
Data Exploration, Regression, GLM & GAM - With Introduction to R.
Coimbra, 2-6 February 2015; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2014.09.13.

2014.12.10. In memoriam: Judith Najt., by Louis Deharveng, Cyrille D'Haese & Jean-Marc Thibaud.
Judith Najt passed away on 10 December 2014.
Emails of Dr Louis Deharveng, 2016.06.14, 2016.08.02.
Deharveng L., D'Haese C. A., Grandcolas P., Thibaud J.-M. & Weiner W. M. 2017. - Judith Najt. A life dedicated to Collembola and research support for systematics. Zoosystema 39 (1): 5-14. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n1a1

2014.09.07-11. The 9th International Seminar on Apterygota., by David Russell, Ulrich Burkhardt and Willi Xylander; forwarded by Cyrille D'Haese.
Once again we gladly announce the 9th International Seminar on Apterygota, which will be held on the 7th to 11th of September, 2014 near Görlitz, Germany.
Informations Apterygotologiques - No 1112, Paris 2014 (February).

2014.08.31-09.05. 22nd International Conference on Subterranean Biology "Biodiversity and Conservation", forwarded by José G. Palacios-Vargas.
The conference will be held on August 31 to September 5 2014, in Juriquilla, Querétaro, México.
Email of Dr José G. Palacios-Vargas, 2014.08.22.

2013.09.23. In memoriam: Manuela da Gama., by Cyrille D'Haese.
We are very sorry to inform you that our colleague and friend Professor Manuela da Gama passed away on Monday, 23rd September. She was 83.
Informations Apterygotologiques - No 1112, Paris 2014 (February).

2013.02.04-08. Data Analysis Tools in Ecology 2013., by Paulo Sousa.
Data Exploration, Regression, GLM & GAM - With Introduction to R.
Coimbra, 4-8 February 2013; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2012.10.08.

2013.02.18. Obituary: Jean-Marie Betsch., by Jean-Marc Thibaud & Jean-François Ponge.
Soil Organisms, 88 (3), December 2016, p.iii-iv.

2012.08.13-15. XIIIth International Colloquium on Apterygota., by Paulo Sousa.
Coimbra, 13-15 August 2012; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2011.12.11.

2012.08.06-10. XVIth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology., by Paulo Sousa.
Coimbra, 6-10 August 2012; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2011.12.11.

2012.01.30-02.10. Data Analysis Tools in Ecology 2012., by Paulo Sousa.
Module 1 - Multivariate statistical tools in Ecology and Ecotoxicology (30 January - 3 February).
Module 2 - Data Exploration, Regression, GLM & GAM - With Introduction to R (6-10 February).
Coimbra, 30 January - 10 February 2012; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2011.10.15.

2011.11.16-18. III Congreso Boliviano de Ecologia., by María Rene Vacaflores Argandoña.
Sucre, 16 al 18 de Noviembre, 2011, Bolivia.
Email of María Rene Vacaflores Argandoña, 2011.05.28.

2011.09.12-23. Advanced Course on The Use of Biological Traits in Ecology., by Paulo Sousa.
Coimbra, 12-23 September 2011; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2011.07.17.

2011.02.07-18. Data Analysis Tools in Ecology 2011., by Paulo Sousa.
Module 1 - The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology (7-11 February).
Module 2 - Multivariate statistical tools in Ecology and Ecotoxicology (14-18 February).
Coimbra, 07-18 February 2011; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2010.11.13.

2010.12.03. The 3rd Symposium "Entomology in Belgium 2010"., by Isabelle Sauvage.
Brussels, 3 December 2010; Royal Institute for Natural Sciences, Belgium.
Email of Isabelle Sauvage, 2009.12.14.

2010.10.14. In memoriam: Peter Nolan Lawrence., by Judith Marshall.
Peter Lawrence died on Thursday, 14th October, in his sleep. He was 77, and although it is some years since he retired, he enjoyed visiting colleagues in the old Department of Entomology building. Many will remember him with much affection, he was a considerable character who is still talked about both in and outside the Museum.
Email of Judith Marshall, 2010.10.17; forwarded by Penelope Greenslade, 2010.10.20.

2010.09.12-15. The 8th International Seminar on Apterygota., by Francesco Frati.
Siena, 12-16 September 2010; Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy.
Email of Dr Francesco Frati, 2009.12.04.

2010.06.02 Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts S to Z., by Javier Arbea.

2010.05.17-21. Mixed Effects Models in Ecology., by Paulo Sousa.
Coimbra, 17-21 May 2010; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2009.09.16, 2009.10.10.

2010.02.15-26. Advanced Courses on Statistics: Data Analysis Tools in Ecology., by Paulo Sousa.
Module 1 - The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology (15-19 February).
Module 2 - Multivariate statistical tools in Ecology and Ecotoxicology (22-26 February).
Coimbra, 15-26 February 2010; Department of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2009.09.16, 2009.10.10.

2010.01.17. In memoriam: Romuald Jacek Pomorski., by Dariusz Skarzynski.
With deepest sorrow I inform that Romuald Jacek Pomorski passed away on January 17, 2010.
Email of Dr Dariusz Skarzynski, 2010.01.19.

2009.10.02-03. Identifying Springtails., by Peter Shaw.
Field Studies Council Centre : Preston Montford, UK.
Email of Dr Peter Shaw, 2009.08.26.

2009.09.21-10.02. The use of Biological Traits in Ecology., by Paulo Sousa.
Coimbra, 21 Sept - 2 Oct, 2009; Department of Zoology - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2009.08.03.

2009.08.14. In memoriam: Jean-Marie Hubart., by Michel Dethier.
J'ai la profonde tristesse de vous informer du décès de Jean-Marie Hubart, survenu ce vendredi 14 août, le jour de son 70ème anniversaire. Si vous le désirez, vous pouvez sûr envoyer un message de sympathie à son épouse Nicole (Petit Fraineux, 40, 4550-St Séverin, Belgique).
Email of Dr Michel Dethier, 2009.08.15.

2009.06.22-07.03. Advanced course on Ecotoxicology., by Rui Ribeiro and Paulo Sousa.
Module 1 - Methods on Ecological Risk Assessment (22-26 June)
Module 2 - Wildlife Ecotoxicology (29 June - 3 July)
Coimbra, 22 June - 3 July, 2009; Department of Zoology - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Riu Ribeiro, 2009.04.16.

2009.04.23 Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts P to R., by Javier Arbea.

2009.02.16-27. Data Analysis Tools in Ecology., by Paulo Sousa.
Module 1 - The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology (16-20 February)
Module 2 - Multivariate statistical tools in Ecology (23-27 February)
Coimbra, 16-27 Feb, 2009; Department of Zoology - University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Email of Dr Paulo Sousa, 2008.10.25.

2008.09.29. In memoriam: Andrzej Szeptycki., by Wanda Maria Weiner.
With deepest sorrow, I inform that Professor Andrzej Szeptycki, a great Scientist, our Colleague and Friend passed away on September 29, 2008. De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine... (Ps. 130)
Email of Dr Wanda Maria Weiner, 2008.10.03.

2008.09.17. Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts M to O., by Javier Arbea.

2008.09.01. The XIIth International Colloquium on Apterygota., by Jean-Marc Thibaud.
Informations Apterygotologiques - No 967, Paris 2006 (Decembre).

2008.03.28. Geotagging photographic records of Collembola from the world., by Frans Janssens.
In this project, macrophotographs of alive Collembola specimens are provided with location data. In this way the pictures can be presented on a zoomable and searchable global distribution map. The project is just started and photographers of Collembola are invited and encouraged to join.

2008.02.13. Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts J to L., by Javier Arbea.

2007.12.13. Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts F to I., by Javier Arbea.

2007.10.10. Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts D and E., by Javier Arbea.

2007.07.10. Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Part A., by Javier Arbea.

2007.06.29. Collembola species cataloque of Peter Bellinger. Parts B and C., by Javier Arbea.

2007.06.18. Information on the "Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola"., by Wolfram Dunger.

2007.05.01. Collembola/Springtails from the world., by Rick Cowen.
A new e-forum dedicated to Collembola macrophotographs. The main purpose of the forum is to showcase the many different kinds of Collembola found throughout the world.

2006.11.dd. In memoriam: Anna Krzysztofowicz., by Jean-Marc Thibaud.
Nous avons la tristesse de vous annoncer le deces de notre collegue et amie le Pr. Dr. Anna Krzysztofowicz.
Informations Apterygotologiques - No 967, Paris 2006 (Decembre).

2006.11.24. Bilan, á mi-parcours, de la mission d'exploration Santo 2006 sur une petite ile du Pacifique., by Vincent Defait.
L'Humanité, vendredi 24 novembre 2006, No 19351, p.10.

2006.10.25. Collembola reserve "Simon's Road" in Tasmania for Tasphorura vesiculata., by Penelope Greenslade.

2006.07.31. New Genus of Collembola [Grinnellia ventis Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006] Named After College and Alumna., by Grinnel College.

2006.05.19. In memoriam: Steve Hopkin., by Geoff Frampton.
Read, H. 2007. Obituary, Steve Hopkin, 18 January 1956 - 19th May 2006., Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group, Volume 22, p.2-8.

2005.04.18. New CD with pictures of Collembola from Germany., by Holger Mebes.

2004.11.24. A raptorial Seira sp. nov. from Brazil., by Douglas Zeppelini.

2004.03.19. Hop With the Springtails. NetWatch. Resources., a short presentation of this website in Science Magazine, by Mitch Leslie.

2001.11.03. In memoriam: Nicole Poinsot-Balaguer., by Jérôme Cortet.

2000.11.20. In memoriam: Pete Bellinger., by Kenneth Christiansen.