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Issue: Vol. 4759 No. 3: 3 Apr. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.3.2
Page range: 338–350
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A new species of Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 (Collembola, Symphypleona,
Arrhopalitidae) from Iran with an updated key to A. diversus group of species

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, 15, B. Khmelnitsky Str., Kiev, 01601, Ukraine.
Faculty of Agriculture, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Collembola springtail taxonomy chaetotaxy Middle East identification key

Abstract

A new springtail species of the family Arrhopalitidae, Arrhopalites persicus sp. nov., is described from Kermanshah Province in Iran. It belongs to the diversus group of species with 3, 2, 1, 1 anterior setae on dens. It is separated from all members of this group by presence of 5+5 circumanal spines on the sixth abdominal segment and it shows reduced tibiotarsal chaetotaxy. It is the second species of the genus recorded in the country. A key to Arrhopalites diversus group of species is updated.

 

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