First record of
Acrocyrtus Yosii, 1959 (Collemobla,Entomobryidae) from Chinese mainland
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Authors: | Guo-Liang Xu Zhi-Xiang Pan Feng Zhang |
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Affiliation: | 1.Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510160, Guangdong Province, P. R. China ;2.School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Linhai 317000, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China ;3.Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China |
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Abstract: | The genus Acrocrytus is reported from Chinese mainland for the first time, with description of two new species Acrocyrtus zhujiensissp. n. and Acrocyrtus finissp. n. from Zhejiang Province, East China. They can be separated from other species of this genus by colour pattern, unscaled appendages (antennae, legs and ventral tube), interocular chaetae, labial basal chaetae, bothriotrichal complex chaetae on Abd. II–IV, microchaeta a2 on Abd. II, im on Abd. III and C1p on Abd. IV. Illustrations and a table showing main differences with closest Acrocyrtus species are provided. |
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Keywords: | A. zhujiensissp. n. A. finissp. n. chaetotaxy China |
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