BOURLETIELLIDAE Borner, 1912

Mandal, G. P., 2018, Three new species of Collembola from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 107-127 : 114

Family BOURLETIELLIDAE Borner, 1912 Genus Bourletiella Banks, 1899

1899. Bourletiella Banks, J.N.Y. Ent. Soc. 7: 193-197

Type species: Smynthurus hortensis Fitch, 1863

Bourletiella Banks, 1899 with large abdomen globular, row 5:1 seta. Ant. IV with large sensillum P on 1 st whorl behind the tip, with 2 ventral and 12 tip sensilla. Inner setae of Tita not obliquely truncate. Tita I-III with 3, 3, 2 spatulate setae respectively. All empodium pointed, with lamellae, with short and pointed subapical filaments ( Bretfeld, 1999). So far, about 31 species have been described all over the world (Bellinger et al., 2017) and Bourletiella captis Baijal and Mathur, 1969 is found to be endemic to India. A checklist of Indian species, of Bourletiella as reference to their distribution in India and the World is provided.

1. Bourletiella captis Baijal and Mathur, 1969 . It was recorded from Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

2. Bourletiella arvalis ( Fitch, 1863) . It was recorded from Kashmir, India and Himalaya, Australia, Europe, Sino- Japanese, Canada, U.S.A., New Zealand.

3. Bourletiella hortensis ( Fitch, 1863) . It was recorded from Manali, Himachal Pradesh and widely distributed from various parts of the world such as Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Russia and Antarctica.

4. Bourletiella meghalayensis n. sp.

A new species, Bourletiella meghalayensis n. sp. is described from East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India.