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Issue: Vol. 1895 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1895.1.5
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of genus Pseudachorutes Tullberg, 1871 (Collembola: Neanuridae:Pseudachorutinae) from China

Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS. 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032 China P. R
Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Depto. Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Fac. Ciencias, UNAM, 04510, México D. F
Collembola taxonomy hypertrichosis sexual dimorphism northwest China

Abstract

A new species of Pseudachorutes, P. polychaetosus sp. nov., from Lishan Mountain, Shaanxi Province, Northwest China, is described and illustrated. It is distinct from other species in being polychaetotic in having both macrosetae and microsetae well differentiated and in strong hypertrichosis. Males of the new species are sexually dimorphic, a character not known before in the genus.

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