A peer-reviewed open-access journal Zookeys 498: |7—28 (2015) doi: 10.3897/zookeys.498.949 | $Z00Ke y S http:/ /Z00 keys -pen soft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China, with an updated key to the Chinese species of the genus Guo-Liang Xu', Feng Zhang? I School of Geographical Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR R. China 2 Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P R. China Corresponding author: Feng Zhang (xtmtd.zf@gmail.com; fzhang@njau.edu.cn) Academic editor: L. Deharveng | Received 1 March 2015 | Accepted 23 March 2015 | Published 21 April 2015 http://zoobank.org/69334A42-A242-4033-8CED-802A6E674923 Citation: Xu G-L, Zhang F (2015) Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China, with an updated key to the Chinese species of the genus. ZooKeys 498: 17-28. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.498.9491 Abstract Two new Coecobrya species, which were newly collected in 2014, are described from China. Coecobrya sanmingensis sp. n. from southeast China (Fujian) is the fourth 1+1 eyed species in the genus; it can be distinguished from other three species by the ciliate chaetae X and X, , on the ventral side of head, the abundant chaetae on the trochanteral organ, a large outer tooth on the unguiculus, the absence of smooth manubrial chaetae, and the dorsal chaetotaxy. Coecobrya ginae sp. n. from southwest China (Yunnan) is characterized by paddle-like S-chaetae of Ant. III organ, ciliate chaetae X, X, and X, posterior to labium, medial macrochaetae on the mesothorax, and 5+5 central and 2+2 lateral macrochaetae on the fourth abdominal segment. An updated key to the Chinese species of Coecobrya is given. Keywords Coecobrya sanmingensis sp. n., Coecobrya ginae sp. n., chaetotaxy Introduction Deharveng (1990), Chen and Christiansen (1997) and Zhang et al. (2009, 201 1a) made great contributions to the modern taxonomy of the genus Coecobrya. Its mem- bers have plurichaetotic chaetotaxy, no labral papillae, an inverted intrusion on the Copyright Guo-Liang Xu, Feng Zhang. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 18 Guo-Liang Xu & Feng Zhang / ZooKeys 498: 17-28 (2015) labral margin which is U-shaped, labial chaetae MELL always smooth, reduced eye number (0 to 3 eyes per side), pigment reduced or absent, antennal apical bulb absent, falcate mucro with a basal spine, tenaculum with 4+4 teeth and one large striate chaeta, and scales and dental spines absent (Zhang et al. 2009). The genus is worldwide and very abundant in Southeast and East Asia. So far, about approximately one quarter (12/47) of species have been reported from China. Five of them were discovered dur- ing recent expeditions in this country (Xu et al. 2012; Zhang and Dong 2014). Here, two new species, collected in 2014, are described from southern China. An updated key to the Chinese species of Coecobrya is also given. Materials and methods Specimens were cleared in Nesbitt’s fluid, mounted under a coverslip in Marc André II solution, and studied using a Nikon E80i microscope. Photographs were enhanced with Photoshop CS5. ‘The labial chaetae terminology follows Gisin’s system (1967). The dorsal and ventral chaetotaxy of head and the Ant. III organ are described after Chen and Christiansen (1993). Dorsal body chaetae are designated following Szeptycki (1979) and Zhang et al. (2011b). The number of macrochaetae is given by half-tergite in the descriptions (left side of tergites drawn in figures). Tergal S-chaetotaxic formula follows Zhang and Deharveng (2014). Type material is deposited in the collections of the Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU), P. R. China. Abbreviations: Th. — thoracic segment; Abd. — abdominal segment; Ant. — anten- nal segment; mac — macrochaeta/ae; mic — microchaeta/ae; ms — S-microchaeta/ae; sens — ordinary tergal S-chaeta/ae. Taxonomy Coecobrya sanmingensis sp. n. http://zoobank.org/5241A8F2-FOOE-4533-939B-8C79D22C3582 Figs 1, 3-18, Table 1 Type locality. China, Fujian, Sanming, 26.500°N, 117.717°E, altitude 707 m. Material. Holotype: 2 on slide, China, Fujian Province, Sanming City, Guan- zhuang National Forestry Farm, 26.500°N, 117.717°E, altitude 707 m, 17 September 2014, Daoyuan YU leg. (# Sanming 9-2). Paratypes: 1 3,19, and 1 juvenile of un- clear sex on slides and 5 juveniles in alcohol, same data as holotype. Description. Body length up to 1.09 mm. Body pale (Fig. 1). Antenna 1.96-2.02X as long as cephalic diagonal. Antennal segment ratio as I : I: Wl: IV =1: 1.69 : 0.88-1.23: 1.94-3.08. Smooth spiny mic at base of antennae 3 dorsal, 3 ventral on Ant. I, 1 internal, 1 external and 1 ventral on Ant IJ. Two internal Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China... 19 Figures |-2. Habitus. | C. sanmingensis sp. n. 2 C. ginae sp. n. Scale bars: 300 um. S-chaetae of Ant III organ expanded (Fig. 3). Ant. IV subapical organ thin, distally expanded (Fig. 4). Long smooth straight chaetae absent. Eyes 1+1. Prelabral and labral chaetae 4/ 5, 5, 4, all smooth; median three chae- tae of the first row longer than lateral ones (Fig. 5). Eight clypeal chaetae arranged in three rows; median three ciliate and much smaller (Fig. 6). Dorsal cephalic chaetotaxy with 4 antennal (An), 3 median (M) and 5 sutural (S) mac; Gr. II with 4 mac (Fig. 7). Mandibles 4+5 teeth. Subapical chaeta of maxillary outer lobe larger than apical one; 3 smooth sublobal hairs on maxillary outer lobe (Fig. 22). Papillae A-E of labial palp with 0, 5, 0, 4, 4 guard chaetae respectively; lateral process of papillae E slightly thicker than normal chaetae, with tip beyond apex of labial papilla (Fig. 8). Labial chaetae as mRel |, R ciliate, R/m=0.4; chaetae X and X, , ciliate. Cephalic groove with 8(7) chaetae, anterior four smooth and posterior ones ciliate (Fig. 9). Trochanteral organ with 23 smooth spiny chaetae; 16 in arms and 7 between them (Fig. 10). Partial inner differentiated tibiotarsal chaetae “smooth” with ciliations closely appressed to axis. Tibiotarsi most distally with 11 chaetae in a whorl. Unguis with 3 in- ner teeth; 2 paired teeth unequal, outer one larger. Unguiculus with a large outer tooth. All tenent hairs pointed (Fig. 11). Abd. IV 3.56-3.83X as long as Abd. III along dorsal midline. Ventral tube anteriorly with 3+3 large ciliate chaetae; posteriorly with 4 distal and 4-5 proximal smooth chaetae; each lateral flap with 7 smooth chaetae (Fig. 12). 20 Guo-Liang Xu & Feng Zhang / ZooKeys 498: 17-28 (2015) Table |. Comparison among the four 1+1 eyed Coecobrya species. (?, unknown; +, present; -, absent). Characters sanmingensis sp. n. boneti indonesiensis tukmeas Antennal long smooth straight chaetae - + ? + Gr. II on dorsal head 4 4 5 4 Labial chaeta R short, ciliate tiny, smooth | long, smooth | tiny, smooth Chaetae posterior to labium X ciliate smooth smooth smooth X, ciliate tiny - - X, ciliate - - - X, ciliate tiny Smooth tiny Trochanteral organ 25 StS 9 11-14 Large outer tooth on unguiculus + - - - Chaetae of ventral tube anterior face 5-6 posterior face 6 lateral flap 8 Manubrial smooth chaetae + Ciliate chaetae on manubrial plaque 2+2 Chaetotaxy of Th. II medio-lateral (m4+) 2 Gr. VI (p4+) 2 pd 0 Mac m5i on Th. III + Chaetotaxy of Abd. I 444 Chaetotaxy of Abd. II 3 inner to arch 1 M-arch 2 ms on Abd. III z Central mac on Abd. IV 6 Manubrium without smooth chaetae. Manubrial plaque with 2+2 pseudopores and 3+3 ciliate chaetae. Distal smooth part of dens 1.0X as long as mucro. Mucro falcate (Fig. 13). Th. Il with 3 (m1, m2, m2i) medio-medial, 3 (m4, m4i, m4p) medio-lateral, about 15 posterior mac, 1 ms and 2 sens. Th. HI with 25 mac and 2 lateral sens; mac m5i absent; p5 and mGi as mac (Fig. 14). Abd. I with 5 (m2-4, m2i, m4p) mac, 1 ms and 1 sens; sens inner to ms. Abd. II with 3 (m3, m3e, m3ep) central, 1 (m5) lateral mac and 2 sens. Abd. III with 1 (m3) central, 3 (am6, pm6, p6) lateral mac, and 2 sens; ms absent (Fig. 15). Abd. IV with 7 (I, M, A4, AG, B4-6) central, 6 lateral mac (D3, E2—4, E2p, F1) (Fig. 16) and 17 sens; two lateral sens (as, ps) of normal length and others elongate (Fig. 17). Abd. V with 3 sens (Fig. 18). Etymology. Named after the type locality. Ecology. In soil. Remarks. C. sanmingensis sp. n. is the fourth 1+1 eyed species of the genus. ‘These eyed species share many features such as the presence of eyes, tip of lateral process of la- bial palp E beyond the same papillae, dorsal cephalic chaetotaxy (4An, 3M, 5S), partial inner differentiated tibiotarsal chaetae “smooth”, 2+2 pseudopores on the manubrial Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China... 21 Figures 3-13. C. sanmingensis sp. n. 3 Ant. II organ 4 Ant. IV subapical organ 5 labrum 6 clypeal chaetae 7 dorsal cephalic chaetotaxy 8 lateral process of labial palp E 9 chaetae on the ventral side of head 10 trochanteral organ II hind claw 12 ventral face and lateral flap of ventral tube 13 mucro. plaque, 3+3 medio-medial mac on Th. I, 1+1 central and 3+3 lateral mac on Abd. III, and 6 lateral mac on Abd. IV. They can be separated by antennal long smooth chaetae, chaetae on the ventral side of head, trochanteral organ, unguiculus outer edge, smooth manubrial chaetae, and dorsal chaetotaxy (Table 1). 22 Guo-Liang Xu & Feng Zhang / ZooKeys 498: 17-28 (2015) Figures 14-18. Tergal chaetotaxy in C. sanmingensis sp. n. 14 thorax 15 Abd. I-III 16 Abd. IV of adults 17 Abd. IV of juveniles (possibly 2°¢ instar) 18 Abd. V of juveniles. Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China... 23 Coecobrya qinae sp. n. http://zoobank.org/A5C29F 1 B-B569-4BF7-B236-5BBF9GOECAE1 Figs 2, 19-30 Type locality. China, Yunnan, 26.643°N, 98.905°E, altitude 1149 m. Material. Holotype: 2 on slide, China, Yunnan Province, 228 Provincial High- way, 26.643°N, 98.905°E, altitude 1149 m, 11 October 2014, Chunyan QIN leg. (# 14YN2). Paratype: 8 on slide, same data as holotype. Description. Body length up to 1.49 mm. Body with light orange pigment (Fig. 2). Antenna 1.80X as long as cephalic diagonal. Antennal segment ratio as 1: 1: II: IV = 1: 2.06 : 2.00: 3.06. Smooth spiny mic at base of antennae 3 dorsal, 3 ventral on Ant. I, 1 internal, 1 external and 1 ventral on Ant. II. Ant. I distally with 1 expanded S-chaeta. Two internal S-chaetae of Ant. III organ paddle-like, expanded; chaeta 8 dagger-like (Fig. 19). Long smooth straight chaetae absent. Eyes absent. Prelabral and labral chaetae 4/ 5, 5, 4, all smooth. Clypeal chaetae not clearly seen. Dorsal cephalic chaetotaxy with 4 antennal (An), 3 median (M) and 5 sutural (S) mac; Gr. II with 3 mac (Fig. 20). Mandibles 4+5 teeth. Papillae A-E of labial palp with 0, 5, 0, 4, 4 guard chaetae respectively; lateral process of papillae E thicker than normal chaetae, with tip beyond apex of labial papilla E (Fig. 21). Sub- apical chaeta of maxillary outer lobe slightly larger than apical one; 3 smooth sublobal iL, R ciliate, R/m=0.5; chaetae X, ee and X : ciliate. Cephalic groove with 8 chaetae, four of them smooth and others ciliate (Fig. 23). Trochanteral organ not clearly seen. Partial inner differentiated tibiotarsal chae- hairs on maxillary outer lobe (Fig. 22). Labial chaetae as mRel tae ciliate with ciliations not closely appressed to axis. Tibiotarsi most distally with 11 chaetae in a whorl. Unguis with 3 inner teeth; 2 paired teeth unequal, outer one larger. Unguiculus with a large outer tooth. All tenent hairs clavate (Fig. 24). Abd. IV 3.65X as long as Abd. III along dorsal midline. Ventral tube anteriorly with 7+7 ciliate chaetae; two of them much larger than others (Fig. 25); posteriorly with 4 distal smooth and 6 proximal weakly ciliate chaetae; each lateral flap with 8 smooth chaetae (Fig. 26). Manubrium without smooth chaetae. Manubrial plaque with 2+2 pseudopores and 2+2 ciliate chaetae. Distal smooth part of dens 1.2X as long as mucro. Mucro falcate. Th. I with 2(1) (m1, m1li) medio-medial, 2 (m4, m4p) medio-lateral, 16-17 pos- terior mac, 1 ms and 2 sens; mac mli sometimes absent; mac m2 and p4-6 as mic. Th. HI with 24-26 mac and 2 lateral sens; mac m5i absent; p5 and m6ai2 as mac (Fig. 27). Abd. I with 6 (a3, m2—4, m2i, m4p) mac, 1 ms and 1 sens; sens inner to ms. Abd. II with 3 (m3, m3e, m3ep) central, 1 (m5) lateral mac and 2 sens. Abd. III with 1 (m3) central, 3 (am6, pm6, p6G) lateral mac, 1 ms and 2 sens (Fig. 28). Abd. IV with 5 central (A4, AG, B4-6) and 2 lateral mac (E2—3); number of sens not clearly seen (Fig. 29). Abd. V with 3 sens (Fig. 30). Etymology. Named after the collector of the specimens. Ecology. Among the decompositing leaf litter. 24 Guo-Liang Xu & Feng Zhang / ZooKeys 498: 17-28 (2015) Figures 19-26. C. ginae sp. n. 19 Ant. III organ 20 dorsal cephalic chaetotaxy 21 labial palp 22 maxillary outer lobe, same as C. sanmingensis sp. n. 23 chaetae on the ventral side of head 24 hind claw 25 anterior face of ventral tube 26 posterior face and lateral flap of ventral tube. Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China... 25 m5 5 ie) oO _a4 a3 a2 : ~ al ao Omg 6i On 4i (@) oO O ia @ 3 : J O m6ai2 p30 plo ae 0) fe) (@) m6 i p6 | ps Figures 27-30. Tergal chaetotaxy in C. ginae sp. n. 27 thorax 28 Abd. I-III 29 Abd. IV 30 Abd. V. 26 Guo-Liang Xu & Feng Zhang / ZooKeys 498: 17-28 (2015) Table 2. Comparison between C. ginae sp. n. and C. tropicalis. Characters C. tropicalis Qu et al., 2007 Ant. III organ ane rea rod-like lateral process of labial palp thick thin Chaetae posterior to labium X ciliate smooth mic X, ciliate absent 9G ciliate smooth mic Chaetae on manubrial plaque 343 Chaetotaxy of Th. I 3(2) ml+ 1 m2+ 2, Inner mac on Abd. II 2(3) Chaetotaxy of And. IV 5+5 I absent present M absent present B4 present absent Lateral mac 2+2 4+4 Remarks. C. ginae sp. n. is characterized by paddle-like S-chaetae of Ant. III or- gan, ciliate chaetae X, X, and X, posterior to labium, medial mac on ‘Th. I, and 5+5 (mac I, M absent) central and 2+2 lateral mac on Abd. IV. It is most similar to Coeco- brya tropicalis Qu, Chen & Greenslade, 2007 in absence of eyes, smooth manubrial chaetae absent, inner differentiated tibiotarsal chaetae, and chaetotaxy of Abd. I-III. It differs from it in paddle-like S-chaetae on Ant. III organ, thicker lateral process of labial palp, presence of ciliate chaetae X, X, and X, posterior to labium, 2+2 ciliate chaetae on manubrial plaque, absence of mac m2, m2i and p4 on Th. I, and unusual arrangement of central mac on Abd. IV. Key to the Chinese species of Coecobrya 1 ByeS: Present ove aveces ntcous Mectiuen hoot Merde veccoubauedueles decubidleaduuins cbeudipoenealeossudleoee 2 AE VCORAIISEINE tener gate atlua gil Regs lnareabanthoas thane aacien'talast haps nines vattnahentaanen eabunngcadeaed eee: é TEES, AMT orl hs Pha atse ty nacnchd tere tp raievanstacideteeia ence beaemenenchs sanmingensis sp. n. VCS OE Oo tedelcere ccenerndvcoeuvevecuiuivecnvanccer hic enesreccssnmbasiyecleneivavenusvenccedenugesuenceente 3 Body violet-bluish; unguiculus outer edge smooth................ aprereierrnste Deviant sete sarin steatneebeeiaae mulun Zhang, Qu & Deharveng, 2010 Body whitish; unguiculus outer edge with a large tooth........ ee AO rtrd Day ire ree An nine bet i Seth ey gin Zhang & Dong, 2014 Manubrium with dorsal smooth chaetae.........cscccccccsseeccccccceccecccceececccceeseeess 5 Manubrium without dorsal smooth chaetac.............csscccccccsseccccccescceccccesceees 8 Tibiotarsus with rows of “smooth” differentiated chaetae ..... Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China... 27 6 Abd. I with 6+6 central mac; Th. II with 3+3 medio-medial mac.........0..0000 pA toe Pap lea ited apated satan oot etapretacha Bad aaadeet ane tenebricosa (Folsom, 1902) = Abd. I with 4(3)+4(3) central mac; Th. II with 1+1 medio-medial mac ........ OTM A baa ee, ait haere Matas heaee te Maser brevis Xu, Yu & Zhang, 2012 i Abd. IV with 343:céntral and 444 latétal mac .........0-.;ssecovpveoyvepvonnsvevorenntharc’ ee ce ee ee ee oligoseta Chen & Christiansen, 1997 Abd. IV with 4+4 central and 3+3 lateral mac..... pani Xu, Yu & Zhang, 2012 co | Abd LM tgit el ell cemttal mies cet cece ec che dean dkecteieetcnas eee no cemt ene 9 = Abds Uewith: 242: central aac soi esccoveeencectcececeeanetePevoncs soveenetevoecrcewewcestenecs 11 9 Unguiculus truncate; Abd. IV with 4+4 central mac... cee eeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees LNs. ce atuahse Malate osetia ee te tuaners tail vad, tate draconis Zhang & Dong, 2014 = Unguiculus acuminate; Abd. IV with more than 4+4 central mac............. 10 10 Abdel. with!/:7 centtal-and'.6+6 lateral’raac. ee eee Sy Pray ees Bhi = ere ete ah, 8 Baki, FRE a communis Chen & Christiansen, 1997 — Abd. IV with 5+5 central and 2+2 lateral mac ....... eee eeeeeeeeeeees qinae sp. n. 11 Abd. [We with #5: centical tas iy sus cossevecsnsvenscenesoecacveetiusveveceuvouevudvevecuentens 12 = Abda FV awithat.leasteee 7s Comptal Maes, o).0.steesnarceene covrean elas goueracltedens fee 13 hy: Dorsal head with 5+5 sutural mac; Th. II with 3+3 medio-lateral mac.......... WL, SN JOE 2c RT. PE he REAL ice he ED, huangi Chen & Christiansen, 1997 — Dorsal head with 3+3 sutural mac; Th. II with 2+2 medio-lateral mac.......... Ua Paint taal seb aea nteet esBtatl iad cea cata nant andes xui Zhang & Dong, 2014 13 Abd. IV with 7+7 central mac....... lini Wang, Chen & Christiansen, 2002 = Abd. IV with at least 8+8 central mac.... ttbetensis Chen & Christiansen, 1997 Acknowledgments Thanks should be given to Mr. Morgan A. McClure, who helped to check the English text. The present study was supported by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong (2014A030313532) and the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31101622). 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