Autor: |
Luis Espinasa, Abrianna Gutierrez, Amata Hinkle, Matthew L. Niemiller |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Subterranean Biology, Vol 49, Iss , Pp 1-17 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1314-2615 |
DOI: |
10.3897/subtbiol.49.119986 |
Popis: |
A new genus and species of troglobiotic nicoletiid (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) is described from northern Alabama, USA. The type species was collected from three caves in the Highland Rim section of the Interior Low Plateau physiographic province on the northern side of the Tennessee River Valley. Morphological and genetic analysis using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA locus show that Spinanycta alabamensis sp. nov. is quite distinct from related nicoletiids in North America. The species differs from members of other genera by its urosternum I, which in males is modified with a central pointy extension. The new species significantly extends the distribution of cave-dwelling members of the family into the southeastern United States and suggests that additional nicoletiid diversity remains to be discovered from karst regions of the eastern United States. |
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