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Issue: Vol. 1006 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1006.1.2
Page range: 11–21
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Folsomiella Bonet and redescription of F. albida (Arlé, 1959) (Collembola, Brachystomellidae)

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Collembola Brachystomellidae Folsomiella new species Brazil

Abstract

Two new species of Folsomiella from southeastern Brazil are herein described and illustrated: F. trisetosa sp. nov. (Rio de Janeiro: National Park of Tijuca and São Paulo: National Park of Serra da Bocaina) and F. pseudocaeca sp. nov. (Rio de Janeiro: Niterói: State Park of Serra da Tiririca). A redescription of F. albida (Arlé, 1959) based on specimens collected at the National Park of Tijuca and Teresópolis: Rio de Janeiro is also included.

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