Abstract
The Collembola fauna of the Cova Urbana located under the city of Tarragona (Spain) is studied, and the climatic characteristics of the cave, its partial geomorphology and its planimetry are presented. For the first time in this cave, some specimens of Collembola have been captured and studied, and two new species for science belonging to the genera Coecobrya and Pygmarrhopalites are described and illustrated. In addition, a specimen of the genus Arrhopalites probably belonging to another new species has been studied, but it could not be described because only one specimen was available. The presence of so few specimens and only four species is attributed to the absence of organic matter from percolation and detritus (oligotrophic cave).
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