New species of Isotomiella Bagnall, 1939 from Southeast of Brazil (Collembola, Isotomidae)

By

Mendonça, Maria Cleide de
Abrantes, Eduardo Assis
Neves, Ana Carolina

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

233

Pages

21-30

Subjects

Anurophorinae , Atlantic Rain Forest , Brazilian collembolan diversity , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.233.3553

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Isotomiella Bagnall, 1939 are described and illustrated, the first: I. macedoi sp. n., based on males and females, from the “Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos” (Teresópolis municipality, State of Rio de Janeiro) differs from the other by tibiotarsus III thickened and blunt and two antero-lateral chaetae of labrum strongly thickened. The second species I. uai sp. n. from “Serra da Gandarela”, (Caeté municipality, State of Minas Gerais) differs from the other by presence of short sensilla on antennal IV and tergites, two anterolabral chaetae thickened and falcate mucro.