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Issue: Vol. 1369 No. 1: 30 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1369.1.3
Page range: 35–41
Abstract views: 67
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A new species of the genus Thalassaphorura from East China (Collembola: Onychiuridae)

Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Department of Biological Science, Taizhou College, Taizhou, Zhejiang 317000, China
Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Collembola Onychiuridae Thalassaphorura qixiaensis sp. nov. key China

Abstract

A new onychiurid species, Thalassaphorura qixiaensis sp. nov., is reported from Jiangsu Province of East China. Morphologically, it is very similar to the widely-spread and definitely parthenogenetic species Th. encarpata (Denis, 1931). The new species is gamogenetic and differs from the latter in labial palp and proximal setae. A key to the Chinese species of the genus is given.

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