Pseudanurida sawayai Schuster, 1965

Palacios-Vargas, José G. & Bu, Yun, 2020, New records of Collembola from marine littoral sand of Hainan Island, China with description of a new Oudemansia species (Neanuridae: Pseudachorutinae), Zootaxa 4810 (1), pp. 117-130 : 118

Pseudanurida sawayai Schuster, 1965 , new record to China

Examined material: 1 female, China, Hainan Island (western coast), Changjiang County, vicinity of Changhua town , Qizi Bay , 19°21'12"N, 108°40'25"E, flotation of sand samples (Nos. 34, 35 and 38) on beach, 6-IV-2011, Y. Bu, C. W. Huang, M. B. Potapov and N. A. Kuznetsova leg.

Remarks. This is the first record for China. Distribution covers the marine littoral environments. from Brazil, Cuba, Gambia, Bahrain, Malaysia (Sabah), Singapore, and Sri Lanka ( Murphy, 1971).

The species was described from Brazil and dedicated to Professor Paulo Sawaya (so the correct name is Pseudanurida sawayai and not P. sawayana , as originally described and cited in many articles). In the same year of Schuster’s description, Murphy (1965) characterized and illustrated a series of specimens from Gambia, including the complete dorsal chaetotaxy, which were identified as Pseudanurida cf. bogoyawlenskyi (Baker, 1905) ; however, later Murphy (1971) recognized that those specimens were actually of P. sawayai .

The species was described from Brazil (Recife: Barra das Jangadas) in a creek connecting Rio Pirapama and Rio Jaboatão, a few km South of Piedade Marine Biol. Station, in mangroves; nevertheless after Murphy (1971) it also has been found in Gambia (West Africa) in mangroves and rocky shore; Sabah ( North Borneo), Labuan on weed-covered rocks, small inlet inside Labuan town at low tide; Singapore, Pasir Ris, sparse mangroves by small stream; Bahrain, Persian Gulf, edge of inland, fresh-water stream (maybe of artesian origin); Ceylon, Mendel lake (a brackish lagoon on the West coast) and in Mannar, Giant’s tank (a large, inland, artificial fresh-water lake). It was found by Christiansen & Bellinger (1988) in mangroves of Puerto Rico, and also under and on rocks in Florida, USA. Now is has been found in sandy beach, so it seems that this species can live in different habitats.