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Issue: Vol. 1633 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1633.1.3
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Dicranocentrus species (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China with a key to all species in the genus from Asia

Department of Biology, Nantong University, Nantong 226007, China
Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, ChinaDepartment of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Collembola Dicranocentrus wangi Guangdong

Abstract

A new species, Dicranocentrus wangi, is described from Guangdong, South China. The new species is most similar to the Philippine species D. luzonensis Mari Mutt, 1985 and the Singapore species D. simplex Yosii, 1959 in the arrangement of dental spines, but differs from them in the number of dental spines and in other characters. A key to Asian species of Dicranocentrus is provided.

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