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Issue: Vol. 2639 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2639.1.5
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 19

A new species of the genus Lathriopyga Caroli, 1912 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae) from the Republic of Moldova

Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Academiei str. 1, 2028 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7205 CNRS, Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, 45, rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, Pl–31 - 016 Kraków, Poland
Collembola L. nistru sp. nov. chaetotaxy key Dniester River Europe

Abstract

A new species of the genus Lathriopyga Caroli, from the Republic of Moldova is described and figured. It differs from its closest relative, Lathriopyga bulgarica Smolis, Skarżyński & Pomorski, by the presence of 3+3 chaetae Di on Abd. V, Di1 as a long macrochaeta, Di2, Di3 as short macrochaetae, presence of three chaetae Oc on head and the form of mandible (with 6–7 denticles appearing as a fringe between apical and basal teeth).

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