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Issue: Vol. 2295 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2295.1.3
Page range: 25–30
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Psammisotoma Greenslade and Deharveng (Collembola: Isotomidae) from 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 Anurophorinae Psammisotoma restingae sp. nov. marine littoral ecosystem taxonomy

Abstract

A new species Psammisotoma restingae, from Maricá city, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to P. kingae Greenslade and Deharveng, 1996, but differs in the outer labial process, tergal sensillary pattern and claw.

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