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Published: 2015-06-18
Page range: 474–490
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Contribution to the eyed Sinella from China: two new species and additional reports on nine known species (Collembola: Entomobryidae)

Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P. R. China.
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P. R. China.
new records clypeal chaetotaxy S-chaetotaxy key

Abstract

Two new 1+1 eyed species of Sinella Brook, 1882, S. uniseta sp. nov. and S. abietis sp. nov., are described from China. New collection records are reported for nine known species: S. qufuensis Chen & Christiansen, 1993, S. quinocula Chen & Christiansen, 1993, S. affluens Chen & Christiansen, 1993, S. wui Wang & Christiansen, 2000, S. umesaoi Yosii, 1940, S. gei Pan, Zhang & Shi, 2012, S. sunae Pan, Zhang & Shi, 2012, S. gracilis Zhang, 2013 and S. transoculata Pan & Yuan, 2013. Additions to original description, such as clypeal chaetae, chaetae along cephalic groove, and S-chaetotaxy, are provided for above known species. A key to the eyed species of Sinella from China is given.