Protura from Taiwan

In summer of 1988, the soil zoological survey was carried out in Taiwan. Of about 40 samples taken from varied places, 30 contained 712 proturans fo 10 different species: Baculentulus morikawai, Baculentulus tosanus, Kenyentulus yinae, Kenyentulus imadatei, Kenyentulus sp., Silvestridia hutan, Eosentomon sakura, Eosetnomon tamurai, Eosentomon riyuetanense, Eosentomon taiwanesne, of which B. morikawai and E. sakura were dominated. All the ten species are regarded as the member of the Asian elements dominated in toropical and/or temperate areas.

	No.	Locality	Province	Altitude in m	Vegetation	Proturan speices conteined
	1	Pinglin	Taibeixian	390	Ec	Bmr, Esa
	2	Taipinshan	Yilanxian	1,340	Ev	Bts, Esa, Eti
	3	Taipinshan Forest Park	ditto	1,920	Ec	Bmr, Esa, Eti
	4	Siji	ditto	850	Db	Bmr, Esa
	5	Tuling	ditto	1,540	Ev	Esa
	6	Wuling	Taizhongxian	1,880	Ec	Bts, Esa
	7	Deji	ditto	1,590	Db	Bmr, Kyn, Sht, Eti
	8	Guquan	ditto	1,060	Ev	Bmr, Kyn, Sht, Esa, Eti
	9	Niuping	ditto	820	Bt	Bmr, Kyn, Esa
	10	Lishan	Nantouxian	2,050	Ec+Db	Esa
	11	Cuifeng	ditto	2,130	Ev	Bmr, Bts, Esa, Eti
	12	Ditto	ditto	2,110	Ev	Bmr, Esa, Eti
	13	Ditto	ditto	2,120	Ev	Bmr, Esa, Eti
	14	Ditto	ditto	1,990	Ev	Esa
	15	Lushan	ditto	1,300	Db	Bmr, Sht
	16	Ditto	ditto	1,300	Bt	Esa
	17	Ditto	ditto	1,200	Bt	Etm
	18	Huisunlinchang	ditto	600	Ev	Bmr, Bts, Esa
	19	Ditto	ditto	570	Ev	Esa, Etm
	20	Ditto	ditto	510	Ev	Bmr, Bts, Sht, Esa
	21	Ditto	ditto	630	Ev	Etm
	22	Ditto	ditto	820	Ec	Bmr, Bts, Esa
	23	Nanshanxi	ditto	700-800	Ev	Bmr, Sht, Esa
	24	Ditto	ditto	700-800	Ev	Bmr, Bts, Sht, Esa, Etm
	25	Ditto	ditto	700-800	Ev	Bmr, Sht
	26	Gongquan	ditto	510	Ev+Db	Etm
	27	Riyuetan	ditto	910	Ev	Bmr, Bts, Kim, Sht, Esa, Etm, Ery
	28	Ditto	ditto	840	Ev	Ksp, Sht, Ery, Eti
	29	Ditto	ditto	790	Bt	Bmr, Bts, Sht, Esa
	30	Ditto	ditto	770	Bt	Bmr, Bts
	Abbreviation of vegetation: Bt: Bamboo thicket. Db: Deciduous broadleaved forest. Ec: Evergreen coniferous forest. Ev: Evergreen broadleaved forest.
	Abbreviation of proturan species obtained: Bmr. Baculentulus morikawai; Bts. Baculentulus tosanus; Kyn. Kenyentulus yinae; Kim. Kenyentulus imadatei; Ksp. Kenyentulus sp.; Sht. Silvestridia hutan; Esa. Eosentomon sakura; Etm. Eosetnomon tamurai; Ery. Eosentomon riyuetanense; Eti. Eosentomon taiwanesne.

Further information in
Nakamura, O., 1997. Protura from Taiwan. Edaphologia, (59): 17-53.