A new subterranean species of Oncopodura Carl & Lebedinsky, 1905 (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha, Oncopoduridae) from a cave in Northeastern Iran

By

Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Mahmood
Parimuchová, Andrea
Kováč, Ľubomír

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

49

Pages

31--51

Subjects

cave biology , Cave fauna , Kopet Dag , Moghan Cave , springtail , subterranean ecosystem

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.49.118293

 

Abstract

A new species of Oncopodura (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha, Oncopoduridae) from the Moghan cave in northeastern Iran, built in a carbonate complex of Kopet Dag mountain range, is described. Oncopodura moghanensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners by (1) 6 long subequal lobes in PAO, each subdivided into 3–6 fingers, (2) dens with 7 dorsal feather-like macrosetae; at basal part with 1 dorsoexternal and 2 dorsointernal hooks, at the distal part with 1 dorsoexternal and 3 dorsointernal hooks, (3) distal part of manubrium with long feather like macrosetae reaching middle part of dens, and (4) mucro with 4 teeth, apical tooth very sharp, and 2 scales at its basal half. A table with diagnostic characters of species related to the Oncopodura moghanensis sp. nov. and an updated key to the world species of Oncopodura are provided.