Lebedeva N.V.1, Taskaeva A.A.2 2012. Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from the Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus L.) habitat on the Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.21. No.4: 351–355 [in English].
1 Azov Branch, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Arid Zones, Southern Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chekhov, 41, Rostov on Don 344006, Russia. E-mail: lebedeva@ssc-ras.ru
2 Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Department, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya, 28, Syktyvkar 167982, Russia. E-mail: taskaeva@ib.komisc.ru
KEY WORDS: Collembola, Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, habitat, Svalbard archipelago, Nordaustlandet.
ABSTRACT. For the first time data on springtails (Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Collembolla) from the Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus L.) habitat were collected in the poorly investigated area of Svalbard archipelago (Nordaustlandet). Eight species of springtails were found in this habitat: Oligaphorura groenlandica (Tullberg, 1876), Ceratophysella longispina (Tullberg, 1876), Hypogastrura tullbergii (Schäffer, 1900), Anurida polaris (Hammer, 1954), Desoria tshernovi (Martynova, 1974), Folsomia binoculata (Wahlgren, 1899), Folsomia quadrioculata (Tullberg, 1871), and Sminthurides malmgreni (Tullberg, 1876). Hypogastrura tullbergii (38.8%) and Desoria tshernovi (26.8%) dominated in the sample.