Phylogeny of the genus Willemia (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) and biogeography of the W. buddenbrocki-group with description of a new species from Ivory Coast (western Africa)

Serge Déméango Zon; Anne Bedos; Cyrille A. D'Haese

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.4

Issue: Vol. 3980 No. 2: 29 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-29

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.4

Page range: 230–240

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**Phylogeny of the genus Willemia (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) and biogeography of the W. buddenbrocki-group with description of a new species from Ivory Coast (western Africa)**

Serge Déméango Zon⁺⁻
Anne Bedos⁺⁻
Cyrille A. D'Haese⁺⁻

Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Cocody, UFR Biosciences, Laboratoire de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale, 22 BP582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB – UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP50 Entomology, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB – UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP50 Entomology, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France

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Abstract

Willemia tondoh sp. nov. from the Ivory Coast (western Africa) is described and illustrated. The new species is the 14^th in the buddenbrocki-group and is defined with two large globular sensilla placed in a cavity and covered in part by tegumental fold on antennal segment IV, 7 chaetae on antennal segment I, postantennal organ with 9 vesicles, s-chaetae subcylindrical and acuminate on abdominal terga and chaetae a1 absent on abdominal sternum IV. A phylogeny for all the 46 species of the genus Willemia is proposed. Based on the phylogentic framework, the biogeography of the buddenbrocki-group is discussed. An identification key for all 46 known species of the genus is provided.