Austrodontella monticola sp. nov., a new species of Collembola from montane New Zealand

Anatoly Babenko; MARIA Minor

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.9

Issue: Vol. 3974 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-19

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.9

Page range: 122–128

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Austrodontella monticola sp. nov., a new species of Collembola from montane New Zealand

Anatoly Babenko⁺⁻
MARIA Minor⁺⁻

Severtsov Institute of Ecology & Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia.

Ecology Group, Institute of Agriculture & Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North 4474, New Zealand.

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Abstract

Collembola were collected from soil in the alpine belt (1600–1900 m a.s.l.) of the Southern Alps of New Zealand. A list of species found is provided. Austrodontella monticola sp. nov., the third species of a Odontellidae genus with a southern distribution is described. The other two species in the genus occur in southern Australia and in the Indian Ocean sector of the Subantarctic respectively. Notes on A. trispina (Womersley, 1935), the type species of the genus, are provided.