This database contains all indigenous and introduced Collembola species recorded from the Antarctic region (including the sub-Antarctic islands), as developed for the following manuscript: Baird, HP, Janion-Scheepers, C, Stevens, MI, Leihy, RI & Chown, SL (2019) The ecological biogeography of indigenous and introduced Antarctic springtails. Journal of Biogeography (https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13639)
Species' names and occurrence details are up to date to the best of all authors' knowledge as of January 2019. Presence data is given for each biogeographic eco-region within the Antarctic. References are provided for the initial taxonomic authority and/or initial record in the Antarctic, for each species. The database was compiled from an exhaustive search of the literature, details of which are provided in the associated manuscript.