Revalidation of Handschinia Stach, 1949 (Collembola, Neanuridae) with description of a new species from Brazil

Autor: Gabriel Costa Queiroz, Maria Cleide de Mendonça
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Soil Organisms, Vol 86, Iss 3 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1864-6417
2509-9523
Popis: The analysis of species of Arlesia Handschin, 1942 with 7+7 eyes revealed new characteristics, such as position and shape of guard S-chaetae of Ant III organ, mandible teeth number, number of chaetae on thorax I and mucro: dens ratio, which supported the revalidation of Handschinia Stach, 1949. Arlesia fluminensis (Arlé, 1939) and Arlesia proxima (Arlé, 1939) are formally transfered to Handschinia, H. fluminensis (Arlé, 1939) comb. nov. and H. proxima (Arlé, 1939) comb. nov., and a new species, Handschinia rauli sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Remarks on the genus Arlesia and Handschinia are made. The diagnosis of Handschinia is expanded.
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