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Issue: Vol. 3990 No. 3: 27 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.3.5
Page range: 410–418
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus and a new species of Sminthuridae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CPEN, Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus, AM, Brazil, CEP 69011-970, Cx. Postal 478 Programa de Pós Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, BR 101, Campus Universitário, s/n, Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, Brazil. CEP 59072-970
Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Depto. Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Fac. Ciencias, UNAM, 04510, México D. F.
Programa de Pós Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, BR 101, Campus Universitário, s/n, Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, Brazil. CEP 59072-970 Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil.
Collembola Chaetotaxy Neotropical fauna Sminthurinae taxonomy Varelasminthurus potiguarus gen. nov. sp. nov.

Abstract

Sminthuridae comprises approximately 240 species distributed worldwide. In Brazil it is represented only by 11 species and four genera. Herein we describe a new genus and species of subfamily Sminthurinae from Atlantic Forest of Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil. The new described genus is similar to Gisinurus, Songhaica, Dietersminthurus and Soqotrasminthurus, especially in its unguis shape, with open cavity; but differs from all other genera of Sminthuridae by the presence of a single pretarsal chaeta in anterior side, smooth mucronal edges and a unique head chaetotaxy.