A new species of Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Altamira Caves (Cantabria, Spain)

By

Baquero, Enrique.
Jordana, R. (Rafael)
Labrada, Lucia
Luque, Carlos

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

989

Pages

39--54

Subjects

cave dwelling fauna , chaetotaxy , northern Spain , Pseudosinella altamirensis sp. nov , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.989.52361

 

Abstract

This paper describes Pseudosinella altamirensissp. nov. from the Altamira Caves, municipal district of Santillana del Mar (Cantabria, Spain), and five other caves near the coast of Cantabria (northern Spain). Its taxonomic position is discussed and differences and similarities among morphologically and geographically close species are highlighted. The new species can be identified by its five eyes, the basal and small inner paired teeth on the claw, and the length of the uncrenulated part of the distal dens.