New Chinese record of the genus Spinonychiurus (Collembola, Onychiuridae), with the description of a new species

By

Sun, Xin
Li, Yu

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

439

Pages

19-26

Subjects

key , taxonomy , Thalassaphorurini , tibiotarsi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.439.7789

 

Abstract

A new collembolan species is described, Spinonychiurus sinensis sp. n., which has seven chaetae in the distal row of the tibiotarsi. It is placed in the genus Spinonychiurus due to two important characters: the two subsegments on Abd. III sternum and the absence of d0 on the head. This is the first report of the genus Spinonychiurus in China. The diagnosis of Spinonychiurus is broadened and the key to the world species is provided.