Mackenziellidae, Yosii, 1961

Antipova, M. D. & Babenko, A. B., 2022, An annotated checklist of the springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) recorded from the foothill and mountain parts of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, North Caucasus, Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (4), pp. 331-345 : 341

Family Mackenziellidae

** Mackenziella psocoides Hammer, 1953 . The known sporadic records of this species cover almost the entire Holarctic from northern Canada to Norway and the Canary Islands. Possibly, the distribution area of M. psocoides is wider. Considering the rather small size and the body shape not typical of springtails, the species may be confused for a mite when sorting out the material [ Fjellberg, 2007]. In addition, the eggs of the species can to be quite resistant to drought, this contributing to survival in harsh habitats. In the Tsey foreland, we have found only two females of M. psocoides in a rather dry plot covered with young shrubs (2295 m a.s.l.). These the first records of the species from both North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria (in preparation).