Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5239 No. 4: 13 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.7
Page range: 563-577
Abstract views: 294
PDF downloaded: 40

A new species of Troglopedetes Joseph, 1872 with eyes (Collembola, Paronellidae) from a Christmas Island Cave, Australia

Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CPEN. Ave nida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Insitute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability, Federation University, PO Box 663, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia. Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, Australian Capital Territory 0200.
Chaetotaxy tergal chaeta homology troglomorphic springtails Troglopedetinae troglobitic fauna Collembola

Abstract

A new species of Troglopedetes Joseph from a Christmas Island Cave, Australia is described and illustrated here. Troglopedetes eberhardi sp. nov. resembles other species by presence of eyes and dorsal chaetotaxy of the second thoracic segment to third abdominal segment, but differs in head chaetotaxy, fourth abdominal segment and elongated unguis median tooth, which character is documented here in the genus for the first time. A comparison and identification key for all eyed species is provided. This is the first record of Troglopedetes for Australia and the genus now has 37 nominal species, of which nine have eyes.

References

  1. Barra, J.-A. (2006) Collemboles de l’île de Socotra, République du Yémen. Zoosystema, 28 (1), 61–74.

  2. Bellinger, P.F., Christiansen, K.A. & Janssens, F. (1996–2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World. Available from: http://www.collembola.org (Accessed 31 January 2023)

  3. Bonet, F. (1931) Estudios sobre Colémbolos cavernícolas con especial referencia a los de la fauna española. Memorias de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 14, 231–403.

  4. Bonet, F. (1942) Notas sinonímicas sobre el Orden Colembolos. Revista hispano americana de Ciencias puras y aplicadas, 2, 56–59.

  5. Börner, C. (1906) Das system der Collembolen nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 23, 147–188.

  6. Carpenter, G.H. (1916) The Apterygota of the Seychelles. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 33, 1–75.

  7. Carpenter, G.H. (1917) Zoological results of the Abor Expedition 1911–12: Collembola. Records of the Indian Museum, 8, 561–568. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v8/i10/1917/163141 https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1186

  8. Chen, J.-X. & Christiansen, K.A. (1993) The genus Sinella with special reference to Sinella s. s. (Collembola: Entomobryidae) of China. Oriental Insects, 27, 1–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1993.10432236

  9. Christiansen, K. (1958) The Nearctic members of the genus Entomobrya (Collembola). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 118 (7), 440–545.

  10. Christiansen, K. (1961) Convergence and parallelism in cave Entomobryinae. Evolution, 15 (3), 288–301. https://doi.org/10.2307/2406229

  11. Christiansen, K. (1965) Behaviour and form in the evolution of cave Collembola. Evolution, 19, 529–537. https://doi.org/10.2307/2406249

  12. Christiansen, K. (2012) Morphological adaptations. In: Culver, D.C. & White, W.B. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Caves, 2nd ed. Academic Press, Elsevier, pp. 517–528. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-383832-2.00075-X

  13. Cipola, N.G. & Bellini, B.C. (2016) A new cave species of Coecobrya Yosii (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) from South Africa, with an identification key to the genus. Zootaxa, 4200 (3), 351–366. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.1

  14. Cipola, N.G., Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. (2014) A new species of Seira (Collembola: Entomobryidae: Seirini) from Northern Brazil, with the addition of new chaetotaxic characters. Zoologia, 31, 489–495. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702014000500009

  15. Cipola, N.G., Oliveira, J.V.L.C., Bellini, B.C., Ferreira, A.S., Lima, E.C.A., Brito, R.A., Stievano, L.C., Souza, P.G.C., & Zeppelini, D. (2020) Review of eyeless Pseudosinella Schäffer (Collembola, Entomobryidae, and Lepidocyrtinae) from Brazilian Caves. Insects, 11 (194), 1–141. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030194

  16. Cipola, N.G., Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. (2022) Survey of Trogolaphysa Mills (Collembola, Paronellidae) of the Brazilian Amazon, including five new species and the description of the dorsal chaetotaxy of the first instar. Zootaxa, 5093 (3), 251–295. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.3.1

  17. Deharveng, L. (1990) Fauna of Thai caves II. New Entomobryoidea Collembola from Chiang Dao cave, Thailand. Bishop Museum occasional papers, 28, 95–98.

  18. Deharveng, L. & Bedos, A. (1995) Lepidonella lecongkieti n.sp., premier Collembole cavernicole du Vietnam (Collembola, Paronellidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 100 (1), 21–24. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1995.17118

  19. Deharveng, L. & Gers, C. (1993) Ten new species of Troglopedetes Absolon, 1907 from caves of Thailand (Collembola, Paronellidae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 63, 103–113. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06302002

  20. Deharveng, L., Jantarit, S. & Bedos, A. (2018) Revisiting Lepidonella Yosii (Collembola: Paronellidae): character overview, checklist of world species and reassessment of Pseudoparonella doveri Carpenter. Annales de la Socieìteì entomologique de France (New Series), 54 (5), 381–400. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2018.1507687

  21. Delamare-Deboutteville, C. (1945) Faune des Terriers des rats-taupes III. Collemboles. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, 6 (57), 31–50. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1945.15827

  22. Delamare-Deboutteville, C. (1948) Recherches sur les Collemboles termithophiles et myrmécophiles. Archive de Zoologie Expérimentale et Génerale, 85, 261–425.

  23. Delamare-Deboutteville, C. (1951) Collemboles cavernicole des Pouilles avec la description d’une espèce italienne du genre Troglopedetes Absolon. Memorie di Biogeografia Adriatica, 2, 43–47.

  24. Fanciulli, P.P., Inguscio, S., Rossi, E. & Dallai, R. (2003) Nuovi ritrovamenti di Troglopedetes ruffoi Delamare Deboutteville (Collembola, Paronellidae). Thalassia Salentina, 26, 201–206.

  25. Fjellberg, A. (1999) The Labial Palp in Collembola. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 237, 309–330.

  26. Gisin, H. (1964) Collemboles d’Europe VII. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 71 (4), 649–678. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.75615

  27. Godeiro, N.N., Ding, Y., Cipola, N.G., Jantarit, S., Bellini, B.C. & Zhang, F. (2022) Phylogenomics and systematics of Entomobryoidea (Collembola): marker design, phylogeny and classification. Cladistics, 38, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12521

  28. Good, R. (1974) The geography of flowering plants. 4th Edition. Longman Group, London, 574 pp.

  29. Grimes, K.G. (2001) Karst Features of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Helictite, 37 (2), 41–58.

  30. Humphreys, W.F. (2014) Subterranean fauna of Christmas Island: habitats and salient features. Raffles Bulletin Of Zoology, Supplement 30, 29–44.

  31. Hüther, W. (1962) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Collembolenfauna des Sudans. I. Troglopedetina. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 43, 219–225.

  32. Hüther, W. (1983) Chätotaxie der Gattung Troglopedetina Delamare-Deboutteville 1945. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 63, 65–72.

  33. Hüther, W. (1986) New aspects in taxonomy of Lepidocyrtus (Collembola). In: Dallai, R. (Ed.), 2nd International Seminar on Apterygota, pp. 61–65.

  34. Jantarit, S., Satasook, C. & Deharveng, L. (2013) The genus Cyphoderopsis (Collembola: Paronellidae) in Thailand and a faunal transition at the Isthmus of Kra in Troglopedetinae. Zootaxa, 3721 (1), 49–70. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3721.1.2

  35. Jantarit, S., Satasook, C. & Deharveng, L. (2019) Coecobrya sirindhornae sp. nov., the most highly troglomorphic Collembola in Southeast Asia (Collembola, Entomobryidae). ZooKeys, 824, 21–44. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.824.31635

  36. Jantarit, S., Surakhamhaeng, K. & Deharveng, L. (2020) The multiformity of antennal chaetae in Troglopedetes Joseph, 1872 (Collembola, Paronellidae, Troglopedetinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand. Zookeys, 987, 1–40. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.987.54234

  37. Jordana, R., Arbea, J.I., Simón, C. & Luciáñez, M.J. (1997) Fauna Iberica, Vol. 8. Collembola Poduromorpha. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, 807 pp.

  38. Joseph, G. (1872) Beobachtungen über die Lebensweise und Vorkommen den in den Krainer Gebirgsgrotten einheimischen Arten der blinden Gattungen Machaerites, Leptodirus, Oryotus und Troglorrhynchus. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, 49, 171–182.

  39. Kottek, M., Grieser, J., Beck, C., Rudolf, B. & Rubel, F. (2006) World map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 15 (3), 259–263. https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130

  40. Mari-Mutt, J.A. (1979) A revision of the genus Dicranocentrus Schött (Insecta: Collembola: Entomobryidae). Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 259, 1–79.

  41. Meek, P.D. (2001) The History of Christmas Island and the Management of its Karst Features. Helictite, 37 (2), 31–36.

  42. Mills, H.B. (1938) Collembola from Yucatan Caves. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 491, 183–190.

  43. Mitra, S.K. & Dallai, R. (1980) Studies of the genus Campylothorax Schött, 1893 (Collembola Entomobryidae Paronellinae) with the description of a new species from Zaire. Italian Journal of Zoology, 9, 273–321. https://doi.org/10.1080/00269786.1980.11758554

  44. Nicolet, H. (1842) Recherches pour servir á l’Histoire des Podurelles. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Sociéé Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles, 6, 1–88.

  45. Paclt, J. (1947) Short Observations on the Nomenclature of some Generic Names in Collembola. Notulae Entomologicae, Bd. 1–26.

  46. Palacios-Vargas, J.G. & Wilson, J.M. (1990) Troglobius coprophagus, a new genus and species of cave Collembola from Madagascar, with notes on its ecology. International Journal of Speleology, 19, 67–73. https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.19.1.6

  47. Salmon, J.T. (1954) New Troglopedetina and a new Sphyrotheca from East Africa (Collembola). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12, 161–165. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935408651715

  48. Schäffer, C. (1897) Apterygoten. Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise, 1–48.

  49. Shorthouse, D. (2010) SimpleMappr, an online tool to produce publication-quality point maps. Available from: http://www.simplemappr.net (Accessed 7 May 2020)

  50. Soto-Adames, F.N. (2015) The dorsal chaetotaxy of first instar Trogolaphysa jataca, with description of twelve new species of Neotropical Trogolaphysa (Hexapoda: Collembola: Paronellidae). Zootaxa, 4032 (1), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4032.1.1

  51. Soto-Adames, F.N., Jordana, R. & Baquero, H. (2014) Comparative analysis of the dorsal chaetotaxy of Troglopedetes, Trogolaphysa, and Campylothorax supports the synonymization of tribes Paronellini and Troglopedetini (Collembola: Paronellidae). Journal of Insect Science, 14, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu140

  52. South, A. (1961) The taxonomy of the British species of Entomobrya (Collembola). Transactions of Royal Entomological Society, London, 113, 387–416. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1961.tb00798.x

  53. Surakhamhaeng, K., Deharveng, L. & Jantarit, S. (2021) Three new species of cave Troglopedetes (Collembola, Paronellidae, Troglopedetinae) from Thailand, with a key to the Thai species. Subterranean Biology, 40, 129–174. http://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.40.73143

  54. Szeptycki, A. (1979) Chaetotaxy of the Entomobryidae and its phylogenetical significance. Morpho-systematic studies on Collembola. IV. Polska Akademia Nauk, , Zakład Zoologii Systematycznej i Doświadczalnej, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, Kraków, 219 pp.

  55. Thibaud, J.-M. & Najt, J. (1988) Collemboles (Insecta) de l’Equateur IV. Paronellidae avec révision de quatre genres. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série 4e, 4, 719–730.

  56. Wilson, J.M. (1979) In: Durrant, G.A., Smart, C.M., Turner, J.E.K. & Wilson, J.M. (1979) Himalaya underground: Report of the 1976 Speleological Expedition to the Himalaya, 135 pp.

  57. Wilson, J.M. (1982) A review of World Troglopedetini (Insecta, Collembola, Paronellidae) including an identification table and descriptions of new Species. Transactions British Cave Research Association, 9 (3), 210–226.

  58. Yoshii, R. (1988) Paronellid Collembola from caves of Central and South America collected by P. Strinati. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 95, 449–459. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.82022

  59. Yoshii, R. & Suhardjono, Y.R. (1992) Collembolan fauna of Indonesia and its affinities III: Collembola of Timor Island. Acta Zoologica Asiae Orientalis, 2, 75–96.

  60. Yosii, R. (1956) Monographie zur Höhlencollembolen Japans. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University, 11, 608–627.

  61. Yosii, R. (1959) Collembolan fauna of the Cape Province, with special reference to the genus Seira. Biological Results of the Japanese Antarct Research Expedition, 6, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.5134/176436

  62. Yosii, R. (1960) On some Collembola of New Caledonia, New Britain and Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History, 12, 9–38.

  63. Zhang, F. & Deharveng, L. (2015) Systematic revision of Entomobryidae (Collembola) by integrating molecular and new morphological evidence. Zoologica Scripta, 44 (3), 298‒311. http://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12100

  64. Zhang, F., Bellini, B.C. & Soto-Adames, F.N. (2019) New insights into the systematics of Entomobryoidea (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha): first instar chaetotaxy, homology and classification. Zoological Systematics, 44 (4), 249–278. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201926