Hypogastrura assimilis, (Krausbauer, 1898)

Babenko, Anatoly, Stebaeva, Sophya & Turnbull, Matthew S., 2019, An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola, Zootaxa 4592 (1), pp. 1-125 : 9

H. assimilis ( Krausbauer, 1898)

– Achorutes assimilis Krausbauer, 1898: 503

AK Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

NT Hammer 1953; Skidmore 1995; Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

NU Hammer 1953; Skidmore 1995; Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

MB Hammer 1953; Skidmore 1995; Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

Remarks: The presence of this species in North America needs confirmation. Christiansen & Bellinger (1980) believed that Nearctic records of the species “have to be essa or ripperi ”. Fjellberg (1985) considered H. essa to be synonymous with H. pannosa . Babenko et al. (1994) speculated that H. essa , H. pannosa , and H. devia may all be junior synonyms of the widespread H. assimilis . Some of these opinions are based on the study of extant types, while others rely on morphological similarities and need further investigation.

General distribution: considered cosmopolitan.