Sphaeridia pumilis (Krausbauer, 1898)

Arbea 1, Javier I., Lopez 2, Virginia Garcia, Soria 2, Francisco Javier & Abellan 2, Pedro, 2021, Collembola from Hundidero-Gato Cave in Southern Spain, with the description of a new species of Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 (Collembola, Entomobryidae), Subterranean Biology 38, pp. 77-90 : 77

Sphaeridia pumilis (Krausbauer, 1898)

Sphaeridia pumilis New Sierra de Grazalema ( Málaga) record.

Material studied.

Cueva del Gato. 9-VIII-2018, 21 ex. in twilight zone; 16-IX-2018, 23 ex. in dark zone; 20-IX-2018, 6 ex. in twilight zone; 4-X-2018, 5 ex. in twilight and 11 ex. in dark zone.

This is a cosmopolitan species widely distributed in Europe and North America. Occurs on the surface and in upper layers of different moist soils and in their low vegetation. Occasionally appears in caves from Spain ( Jordana and Beruete 1983) and other European caves.