I'd rather be a childish man than be a christians son

Frans Janssens, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium
Kenneth A. Christiansen, Department of Biology, Grinnell College, PO Box V3, Grinnell, IA 50112-0806, USA

Abstract

Survey of reports on synanthropic Collembola living in close association with man.
Samenvatting

Overzicht van publicaties over Collembola in associatie met de mens.

Keywords: Collembola, human infestations, synanthropic.

Introduction

Fig.0. Dicyrtomina saundersi from the UK in palm of hand.
2007.11.17 © Edwards, A.

Collembola as skin irritants or skin parasites deserve much more scientific scrutiny. Given that the psychotic variant of such infestation has received a lot more scientific interest than the actual infestation itself, risks are that some infestations are too easely categorised as delusional. The main reason is obvious: nothing or very little is known about irritating, allergic or parasitic Collembola that cause contact dermatitis. Only a few cases are actually documented and therefore money for further scientific research is wanting.
The following is a list of records quoted from references that describe Collembola associated with man. The records are grouped in a classification system based on the 'grade of association'. For each class, the records are ordered on authority. For each authority, as long as the original publication could not be verified, referencing authors are ordered chronologically.

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