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Issue: Vol. 2168 No. 1: 27 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2168.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 11

A new Denisiella Folsom and Mills, 1938 (Collembola: Sminthurididae)from Colombia

Laboratorio de Artrópodos de suelo, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) Km 17 recta Cali-Palmira Colombia
Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. 04510 México, D. F
Collembola new species sexual dimorphism chaetotaxy

Abstract

Denisiella colombiana sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Colombia. Males and females are studied. Two keys for the species of the world are included, one for males and one for females.

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