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Issue: Vol. 1185 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1185.1.4
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 2

The Chinese Folsomia with a description of a new species (Collembola: Isotomidae)

Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Collembola Isotomidae Folsomia nanjingensis sp. nov. China

Abstract

A key to Chinese species of the genus Folsomia is provided and a new species, Folsomia nanjingensis, is described from Jiangsu Province, China. It is easily distinguished from other species in the genus by the body sensillar formula, number of ommatidia, setae on the anterior manubrium and other characters.

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