A new species of Dicranocentrus (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China with comments on the systematic position of the genus

By

Xu, Guo-Liang
Zhang, Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

417

Pages

1-8

Subjects

chaetotaxy , D. liuae sp. n , Heteromurus , Orchesellinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.417.7373

 

Abstract

Dicranocentrus liuae sp. n. is described from the northern subtropical region of China. The new species is most similar to D. wangi Ma & Chen, 2007, but differs from it in the relatively shorter Ant. V, the 1+1 central macrochaetae on Abd. III, the number of chaetae on tenaculum, and the absence of dental spines. The systematic position of Dicranocentrus is also discussed. Present evidence, particularly S-chaetotaxy, indicates that the genus is closer to Heteromurus than to the unscaled species of Orchesella and Orchesellides.