Investigation on the true identity of Entomobrya nigriventris Stach, 1929 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) with the description of a new species

By

Winkler, Daniel
Sternalski, Jakub
Ónodi, Gábor
Szigeti, Nóra
Norbert, Florian
Dányi, László

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1185

Pages

321--353

Subjects

Central Europe , chaetotaxy , colour form , dark ventral colouration , dorsal macrochaetae formula , Entomobryni , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1185.112279

 

Abstract

The present paper gives a detailed and illustrated redescription ofEntomobrya nigriventrisStach, 1929, and the description of a new species collected from open sand steppe habitat in Hungary. Based on the colour pattern,E. arenariaWinkler, Flórián & Dányi,sp. nov.is close toE. violaceolineataStach, 1963 but differs from it by the morphology of the labral papillae and the dorsal macrochaetotaxy of the head, Th II, and Abd II–IV. The new species is also characterised by dark ventral body colouration in adult specimens. In this regard, an overview of EuropeanEntomobryaspecies in which the dark ventral side may occur is also provided.