References of Collembola of South Africa:
Barra JA (1994) Nouveaux Collemboles Poduromorphes de la Province du Natal (Rép. Sud Africaine) (Insecta: Collembola). Journal of African Zoology 108: 181–189.
Barra JA (1995) Nouveaux Collemboles Poduromorphes des sables littoraux (partie terrestre) de la Province du Natal (Rép. Sud Africaine) (Insecta: Collembola). Journal of African Zoology 109: 125–139.
Barra JA (1997) Nouveaux Collemboles Entomobryomorphes des sables littoraux (partie terrestre) de la Province du Natal (Rép. Sud Africaine) (Insecta : Collembola). Journal of African Zoology 111: 465–480.
Barra JA (1999) Un nouveau genre Capbrya avec deux nouvelles espèces de la Province du Cap (Rep. Sud Africaine) (Collembola:Entomobryidae). Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 69: 19–24.
Barra JA (2001) Proisotoma davidi sp. n. from Cape Province (South Africa) (Collembola). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 23–26. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.4800480103
Barra JA (2002) Un nouveau genre de Pseudachorutinae (Collembola) des sables littoraux de la Province du Natal (République Sud africaine). Zoosystema 24: 177–180.
Barra JA, Weiner WM (2009) A new species of DelamarephoruraWeiner & Najt, 1999 (Collembola,Tullbergiidae) from Cape Province (South Africa). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 52B: 57–60. doi: 10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.57-60
Börner C (1908) Collembolen aus Südafrika, nebst einer Studie über die I. Maxille der Collembolen. In: Schultze L (Ed.) Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 13: 53–68.
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Brown JM (1926) Some African Apterygota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 34–44.
Coates TJ (1968a) The Collembola from South Africa – I: The GenusNeanura. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 31: 185–195.
Coates TJ (1968b) The Collembola of South Africa – 2: The GenusSeira. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 31: 435–462.
Coates TJ (1969) The Collembola of South Africa – 3: The GenusLepidokrugeria. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 32: 87–89.
Coates TJ (1970) Check-list of the Collembola of South African Parks. Koedoe 13: 181–184. doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v13i1.740
Goto H (1953) A species of Collembola, Sinella coeca (Schött) (Entomobryidae), new to South Africa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 89: 165–166.
Greenslade P (n.d.) The Aquatic Springtails (Insecta: Collembola) of South Africa.[accessed 10 November 2014]
Janion C, Bedos A, Bengtsson J, Deharveng L, Jansen van Vuuren B, Leinaas HP, Liu A, Malmström A, Porco D, Chown SL (2011a) Springtail diversity in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 107: Art. #582. doi: 10.4102/sajs.v107i11/12.582
Janion C, Bedos A, Deharveng L (2011b) The genus EctonuraCassagnau, 1980 in South Africa (Collembola: Neanuridae:Neanurinae), with a key to South African Neanurinae. ZooKeys 136: 31–45. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.136.1744
Janion C, D’Haese C, Deharveng L (2012) A new species and first record of the genus Triacanthella Schaffer, 1897 (Collembola,Hypogastruridae) for Africa. ZooKeys 163: 57–68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.163.2298
Janion C, Deharveng L, Weiner WM (2013) Synonymy of SpicatellaThibaud, 2002 with Delamarephorura Weiner and Najt, 1999, and description of two new species (Collembola: Tullbergiidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61: 657–663.
Janion-Scheepers C, Deharveng L, Bedos A and Chown SL. (2015) Updated list of Collembola species currently recorded from South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 55-88. 10.3897/zookeys.503.8966
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Liu A, Janion C, Chown SL (2012) Collembola diversity in the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and adjacent pine plantations. Pedobiologia 55: 203–209. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.002
Paclt J (1959) Collembola. South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950–1951, Vol. VI. Almqvist and Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, Uppsala, 24–78.
Paclt J (1964) Ein neuer Prorastriopes aus Zululand und zur Nomenklatur due südafrikianischen Rastropes-Art. Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 661–663.
Paclt J (1965) Cyphoderus trinervoidis n.sp., ein neuer Termitophile aus Transvaal (Ins., Collembola). Senckenbergiana Biologica 46: 59–60.
Paclt J (1967) On South and Central African Collembola. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 29: 135–47.
Porco D, Bedos A, Greenslade P, Janion C, Skarżyński D, Stevens M, Jansen van Vuuren B, Deharveng L (2012) Challenging species delimitation in Collembola: cryptic diversity among common springtails unveiled by DNA barcoding. Invertebrate Systematics 26: 470–477. doi: 10.1071/IS12026
Potapov M, Janion C, Deharveng L (2011) Two new species of Parisotoma (Collembola: Isotomidae) from the Western Cape, South Africa. Zootaxa 2771: 17–24. PMid:21547000, PMCid:3086760
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Snider RJ (1988) Tritosminthurus schuhi, a new genus and species from Cape Province, South Africa (Collembola: Bourletiellidae). Entomological News 99: 260-266.
Thibaud JM (2013) Essai sur l’état des connaissances de la diversité des Collemboles de l’Empire Africano–Malgache. Russian Entomological Journal 22: 233–248.
Wallace MMH (1964) Present and probable world distribution of Sminthurus viridis and prospects for its biological control. Pedobiologia 14: 238–243.
Wallace MMH, Walters MC (1974) The introduction of Bdellodeslapidaria (Acari: Bdellidae) from Australia into South Africa for the biological control of Sminthurus viridis (Collembola). Australian Journal of Zoology 22: 505–517. doi: 10.1071/ZO9740505
Walters MC (1968) A study of Sminthurus viridis (L.) (Collembola) in the Western Cape Province. Entomology Memoirs 16: Department of Agriculture Technical Services. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 99 pp.
Weiner WM, Najt J (1991) Collembola Poduromorpha of South Africa. Bonner zoologischer Beiträge 42: 369–387.
Weiner WM, Najt J (1998) Collembola (Entognatha) from East Africa. European Journal of Entomology 95: 217–237.
Weiner WM, Najt J (1999) New genus of Tullbergiinae (Collembola). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 35: 183–187.
Womersley H (1931) Some Collembola of the family Sminthuridae from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 137–156.
Womersley H (1934) On some Collembola-Arthropleona from South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 441–475.
Yosii R (1959) Collembolan fauna of the Cape Province, with special reference to the genus Seira Lubbock. Special Publication from the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. Biological results from the Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions 6: 3–24.
Yosii R (1977) Critical checklist of the Japanese species of Collembola. Contributions of the Biological Laboratory of Kyoto University 25: 141–170.
Zhang F, Deharveng L, Chen JX (2009) New species and rediagnosis of Coecobrya (Collembola: Entomobryidae), with a key to the species of the genus. Journal of Natural History 43: 2597–2615.
Some excellent Collembola websites
Checklist of Collembola of the world: http://www.collembola.org/
The Natural Word in Close up: http://www.stevehopkin.co.uk/