Table 2 Comparison of Collembolan species expected to occur with a probability of ≥ 50% at “Grassland with slightly acid soils” in southern Germany (Edaphobase; Senckenberg-Museum, Görlitz) with those found in three field studies (differing in sampling methods)

Brachystomella parvula

Hemiedaphic

Dicyrtomina violacea

Epedaphic

Entomobrya lanuginose

●

Epedaphic

Folsomia manolachei

●

●

●

Hemiedaphic

Folsomia quadrioculata

Hemiedaphic

Friesea mirabilis

●

●

●

Hemiedaphic

Isotoma viridis

●

●

●

Epedaphic

Isotomiella minor

●

●

Euedaphic

Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

●

●

Epedaphic

Lepidocyrtus lanuginosus

●

●

Epedaphic

Lepidocyrtus lignorum

●

●

Epedaphic

Lepidocyrtus violaceus

●

●

Epedaphic

Megalothorax minimus

●

Euedaphic

Mesaphorura macrochaeta

●

Euedaphic

Metaphorura affinis

Euedaphic

Neanura muscorum

●

Hemiedaphic

Parisotoma notabilis

●

●

●

Hemiedaphic

Protaphorura armata

●

●

●

Euedaphic

Protaphorura campata

●

Euedaphic

Pseudosinella alba

●

●

●

Hemiedaphic

Sminthurinus aureus

●

Hemiedaphic

Sphaeridia pumilis

●

●

Hemiedaphic

Stenaphorura denisi

Euedaphic

Stenaphorura quadrispina

Euedaphic

Supraphorura furcifera

Euedaphic

10

13

13

Ceratophysella sp.

●

Not known

Heteromurus nitidus

●

●

Euedaphic

Orchesella flavescens

●

●

●

Hemiedaphic

Pogonognathellus flavescens

●

●

●

Epedaphic

Sminthurus viridis

●

Euedaphic

Tullbergia simplex

●

Euedaphic

6

2

3

Total number found (in brackets: species not listed)

16

15 (+ 16)

16 (+ 12)