A peculiar new species of Scutisotoma Bagnall, 1949 (Collembola: Isotomidae) from Brazil

Autor: Maria Cleide de Mendonça, Tatiana Christina da Silveira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Soil Organisms, Vol 91, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1864-6417
2509-9523
DOI: 10.25674/so-91-1-01
Popis: Samples collected from the National Park of Caparaó, in Minas Gerais state, revealed the presence of a new species Scutisotoma misha n. sp., which is distinguished from other congeners species by having a peculiar set of characters: simple maxillary palp, the absence of the labial guard chaetae e7, Ant. III without bms, 5,4/3,3,3,3,5 tergal sensilla (including 1,1/1,1,1 microsensilla) and one spatulate tenent chaeta on each tibiotarsus. In the present work the genus Scutisotoma Bagnall, 1949 is recorded for the first time in Brazil.
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