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Issue: Vol. 4058 No. 3: 17 Dec. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.5
Page range: 373–387
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Drepanura (Collembola: Entomobryidae) in Australia: descriptions of two new species and redescriptions of five known species

School of Life Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226000, P. R. China
School of Life Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226000, P. R. China
Faculty of Science and Technology, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Federation University, Ballarat, Australia Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box Australian Capital Territory, Australia. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000.
Drepanura liuae sp. nov. Drepanura polychaeta sp. nov. chaetotaxy key Collembola Australia

Abstract

Seven Australian species of the genus Drepanura are reported. Two of the seven are new and five are redescribed. The new species are: D. liuae sp. nov. and D. polychaeta sp. nov. Redescriptions are given for D. albocoerulea (Schött, 1917), D. cinquilineata Womersley, 1934, D. citricola Womersley, 1934, D. cobaltina (Schött, 1917) and D. coeruleopicta (Schött, 1917). The chaetotaxy is described and a key to the Australian species of the genus is given.