W. anophthalma Börner, 1901

– Willemia anophthalma Börner, 1901b: 429

AK MacLean et al. 1978; Fjellberg 1985; Babenko et al. 1994; Skidmore 1995; Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

NT Hammer 1953; Christiansen & Bellinger 1980, 1998; Danks 1981; Rusek 1994; Skidmore 1995; Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

NU Hammer 1953; McAlpine 1964, 1965, cf.; Addison 1975, 1977; Ryan 1977; Christiansen & Bellinger 1980, 1998; Danks 1981; Fjellberg 1986, 1994; Babenko 1993; Babenko & Fjellberg 2006

BC Cannings 2010

ON Skidmore 1995

QC Marshall 1964, 1967; Skidmore 1995; Therrien et al. 1999, 1999a; Chagnon et al. 2000, 2000a, 2001, 2001a

NS Babenko, unpubl.

Remarks: Christiansen & Bellinger (1980, 1998) believe that Hammer’s records of W. anophthalma may belong to W. biseta and that all published records of the former “need verification” (Christiansen & Bellinger 1998, p. 252). However, the description of W. biseta is not complete enough (D’Haese 2000) and is treated on www. collembola .org as a junior synonym of W. intermedia .

General distribution: Holarctic, with some doubtful records from southern hemisphere.