Folsomia (Collembola: Isotomidae) of China. II. heterocellata group |
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| Authors: | Yun Bu Yan Gao Cheng-Wang Huang |
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| Institution: | 1. Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Science &2. Technology Museum, Shanghai, 200041, PR China;3. Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, PR China;4. Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, PR China |
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| Abstract: | An annotated list of species of the Folsomia heterocellata group recorded in China is given. Folsomia cephalota n. sp., F. dorsomediaseta n. sp., F. longiseta n. sp., F. manubriopilosa n. sp., F. longdeica n. sp., and F. plenosensilla n. sp. are characterized by having a simple maxillary palp, four prelabral setae and no eyes. They differentiate mainly by characteristics of the furca. We report other species of the group which are recorded for the first time in China: Folsomia tianshanica Martynova, 1969, F. pseudovtorovi Potapov & Gulgenova, 2013, and F. pseudodecemoculata Stebaeva, 1971. This excludes F. wanxianensis Ji, Ding & Chen, 2007, for which we provide morphological remarks based on the type material. The group is mainly distributed in the central part of China (Chongqing, Gansu, southern part of Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces). A key to all blind species with a simple maxillary palp is given. |
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| Keywords: | springtail taxonomy new species new records |
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