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Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-02
Page range: 227–242
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New species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet and Entomobrya Rondani (Collembola: Entomobryoidea: Entomobryidae) from Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução. Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, CEP 59072–970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CPEN.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução. Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, CEP 59072–970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Collembola Brazilian fauna detailed chaetotaxy Entomobryinae Entomobryini Lepidocyrtini Neotropical Region

Abstract

The taxonomic comprehension of Brazilian entomobryids had several contributions during the last decade, but the absence of detailed chaetotaxic schemes to most of endemic species difficult identifications and probably hides undescribed species in surveys across the country. Herein we describe two new species of the family and provide detailed dorsal chaetotaxy of them, in hope to guide future identifications and descriptions within the genera in Brazil and Neotropical Region. Lepidocyrtus sotoi sp. nov. is possibly more related to L. biphasis due to the lack of antennal and leg scales, but presents a unique dorsal head chaetotaxy among the Neotropical species of the genus. Entomobrya bahiana sp. nov. presents an uncommon color pattern and dorsal chaetotaxy in Th. II–III, Abd. II and IV when compared to other Entomobrya spp. from Neotropical Region.