Ceratophysella species from mushrooms in China (Collembola, Hypogastruridae)

By

Weiner, W. M. (Wanda M.)
Xie, Zhijing
Li, Yu
Sun, Xin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

822

Pages

67-77

Subjects

Ceratophysella skarzynskii sp. n , key , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.822.30880

 

Abstract

Four species of the genus Ceratophysella living on mushrooms are reported from China, including a new species, Ceratophysellaskarzynskii Weiner & Sun, sp. n., which is described from alpine mushrooms. The new species belongs to the Ceratophysella group of species with a dorsal chaetotaxy of type B and differs from the other species in a combination of characters. Ceratophysellaskarzynskiisp. n. is distinguished by its small body size (maximum length 1.09 mm), number of peg-like s-chaetae (30–32) in the ventral sensory file, the trilobed apical vesicle of antennal segment IV, five modified chaetae on dens, and serrated dorsal chaetae. A key to the Chinese species of the genus has been provided.