Two new species of Sinella from Guangdong Province, China (Collembola: Entomobryidae)

By

Xu, Guo-Liang
Chen, Wei-Yu

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

611

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Blind species , chaetotaxy , Sinella colubra sp. n , Sinella zhangi sp. n , South China , springtail

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.611.9025

 

Abstract

Two new blind species of Sinella are described from Guangdong Province, China. Sinella colubra sp. n. possesses minute smooth postlabial chaetae, long mucronal spine, and 4+4(5) lateral mac on Abd. IV, and can be distinguished from two closely related species by the postlabial chaetae and the dorsal macrochaetotaxy. Sinella zhangi sp. n. is also described and can be diagnosed by having minute labial chaeta r and postlabial chaetae X and X4, 5+5 mac on Abd. I, 4+4 central mac on Abd. II, and 4+4 central and 5+5 lateral mac on Abd. IV.