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Issue: Vol. 3947 No. 1: 14 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.9
Page range: 131–138
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Tabasconura tapijulapana gen. nov. sp. nov. (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Tabasco, México

Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México, D.F.
Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México, D.F.
tubercles antennal sensillum S2 taxonomy Sensillanurini morphology

Abstract

Tabasconura gen. nov. (Neanuridae) and type species T. tapijulapana sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The new genus possesses all characters of the tribe Sensillanurini Cassagnau, and is characterised by the presence of slightly elongated tubercles on the body and also elongation and thickening of the sensillum S2 as well as S7 on antennal segment IV. Development of S7 is a character of the tribe.