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Issue: Vol. 1637 No. 1: 14 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1637.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 16

A new species of Denisiella (Collembola: Sminthurididae) from Panama and new records for D. sexpinnata (Denis, 1938)

Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. 04510 México, D. F.
Collembola Denisiella diomedesi n. sp. sexual dimorphisms nasal organ

Abstract

Denisiella diomedesi sp. nov. from Panama is described and illustrated based on male specimens. It is close to D. maesorum from Nicaragua, but possesses a nasal organ. New localities for D. sexpinnata (Denis, 1931) from Mexico and Nicaragua are provided.

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