Abstract: Five species including one new species of the fresh water springtails collected from a pond in Shanghai Botanical Garden have been described: Podura aquatica, Hypogastrura yinae sp. Nov., Isotomurus palustris, Sminthurides aquaticus and Pseudobourletiella spinata. Sminthurides aquaticus and Pseudobourletiella spinata are recorded from China for the first time. All the specimens examined are deposited in the Museum of Shanghai Institute of Entomology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Key words: Collembola, new species, new record, China