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Traser, Gy. ; Kontschán, J.: First record of two Neanurinae species (Collembola) from Albania
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 96 Budapest, 2004 _pp. 73-79. First record of two Neanurinae species (Collembola) from Albania GY. TRASER 1 & J. KONTSCHÁN 2 'institute of Forest and Wood Protection of the University of West-Hungary. H-9401 Sopron. P.O. Box 132, Hungary. E-mail: traser@emk.nyme.hu 2 Systematic Zoology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-l 1 17 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/c; and Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mail: kontscha@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu Abstract - Two Neanurinae species, Bilobella matsakisi CASSAGNAU, 1968 and Endonura dalensi (DEHARVENG, 1979) were found in Albania. Short descriptions and distributions are given. With 11 figures. Key words - Bilobella matsakisi, Endonura dalensi, first record, distribution, Albania. INTRODUCTION The Collembola fauna of Albania is poorly known. The first mention of the Albanian springtails was given by STACH (1923), who investigated the springtail materials of the first Hungarian Albania-expedition. Several taxonomical and chromosome research data of Mediterranean and Albanian springtails were published by CASSAGNAU (1979) and by CASSAGNAU & PEJA (1979). PEJA (1981) gave a summary of the Albanian springtail fauna and mentioned 128 species from this country. THIBAUD (1992) studied the Collembola fauna of littoral stations and found four species. Two species (from the genus Mesaphorura BÖRNER, 1901) of them were new to the fauna of Albania. PEJA & DEHARVENG (1995) investigated the genus Pumilinura CASSAGNAU, 1979 and published the first record of two Neanuridae species. The last data of the Albanian Collembola fauna were given by KONTSCHÁN et al. (2003), who mentioned the circumpannonic Tetrodontophora bielanensis (WAGA, 1842) from Albania. Only one Bilobella CAROLI, 1912 and two Endonura CASSAGNAU, 1979 specimens were found in Albania. According to the Neanurinae list of PEJA & DEHARVENG ( 1995) it is the first time that the genus Endonura CASSAGNAU, 1979 and the species Bilobella matsakisi CASSAGNAU, 1968 are recorded in Albania.
