Three new species of Entomobryidae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea) from China

By

Jing, Meidong
Ma, Yi-Tong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1167

Pages

293--315

Subjects

Akabosia , chaetotaxy , Entomobrya , Homidia , Springtails , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.104090

 

Abstract

Three new species of entomobryid springtails (Collembola) from China are described here. Homidia pseudozhangisp. nov. is characterised by a narrow irregular longitudinal stripe on the body, smooth chaetae e and l1 of the labial base, and the relative position of the specialized microchaeta on Abd. I; H. qianensissp. nov. by its colour pattern on the antennae and nine sutural macrochaetae on the head; and Entomobrya shaanxiensissp. nov. by its colour pattern, labral papillae and the lateral process of labial papilla E. Specimens of Akabosia matsudoensis Kinoshita, 1919 from China are redescribed, including description of some characters for the first time.