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Issue: Vol. 2310 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2310.1.2
Page range: 24–34
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new Brazilian species of Paracerura Deharveng & Oliveira (Collembola: Isotomidae)

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Collembola Taxonomy Paracerura airesi sp. nov. P. serrana sp. nov. P. virgata P. itatiaiensis

Abstract

Paracerura airesi sp. nov. (Paranã River, State of Tocantins) and P. serrana sp. nov. (Aiuroca Valley, State of Minas Gerais) are described and illustrated. Diagnosis of the genus Paracerura and a comparative table of four known species of the genus are given.

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