Two new species of Hymenaphorura Bagnall, 1948 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from Romania and an updated key to the genus

By

Weiner, W. M. (Wanda M.)
Fiera, Cristina

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

960

Pages

17--38

Subjects

Hymenaphorurini , identification key , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.960.50880

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genusHymenaphorurafrom Romania,H. urbanasp. nov. andH. kalinderasp. nov., are described and illustrated.Hymenaphorura urbanahas a postantennal organ (PAO) with 13–15 simple vesicles, abdominal terga I–III with subequal setae p2and p3, abdominal tergum V granular area with 3+3 distinct, long macrosetae, andH. kalinderasp. nov. has PAO with 9–12 simple vesicles, one border seta, abdominal terga I–III with setae p2slightly longer than setae p3, abdominal tergum V granular area with 4+4 distinct macrosetae. Remarks onH. subsimilisBagnall, 1948 are given. An updated key for the world distributed species ofHymenaphorurais presented.