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Type: Article
Published: 2013-06-19
Page range: 73–78
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New species of Paracerura (Collembola: Isotomidae) from Minas Gerais State, Brazil

taxonomy chaetotaxy Iron ore soil southeastern Brazil

Abstract

The present paper describes Paracerura gandarela sp. nov.based on material from the Serra do Gandarela Mts., Munici-pality of Caeté, State of Minas Gerais. The new species is the sixth of the Neotropical genus Paracerura Deharveng & Oliveira, 1994 with distribution limited to Brazil. P. gandarela sp. nov. differs from other congeners especially by sensil-lary set on abdominal segments IV–V and characteristic pigmentation of the body. An identification key to species of the the genus is given.