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Issue: Vol. 5270 No. 2: 20 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.7
Page range: 306-324
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New species of Lepidocyrtus (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Italy with a discussion of characters defining European Lepidocyrtus lignorum-group

Departament de Biologia Evolutiva; Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals; Facultat de Biologia; Universitat de Barcelona; Avinguda Diagonal 643; 08028—Barcelona; Spain.; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio); Universitat de Barcelona; Barcelona; Spain.
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education; Institute of Ecology; College of Urban and Environmental Science; Peking University; Beijing; China.
University of Bristol; School of Life Sciences; Bristol; United Kingdom.
Collembola Chaetotaxy color pattern Cox2 EF-1α Lepidocyrtinae mPTP ASAP ABGD

Abstract

Springtails are a group of hexapods whose true diversity is currently underestimated. This is because the morphological characters normally used in species diagnosis do not have the necessary resolution. This situation is especially evident in Entomobryidae, which is currently the most diverse family of springtails. The combination of morphological and molecular data has allowed us to describe a new species of the genus Lepidocyrtus, based on specimens from Northern Italy, as well as to redefine the diagnosis of the European Lepidocyrtus lignorum-group.

 

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