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Issue: Vol. 2338 No. 1: 19 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2338.1.4
Page range: 43–53
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

The enigma of the genus Stenaphorura Absolon, 1900 (Collembola, Tullbergiinae)

Institute of Soil Biology BC AS, v.v.i., Na Sádkách, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Collembola type redescriptions taxonomy synonym

Abstract

Stenaphorura japygiformis Absolon, 1900 was redescribed based on the holotype and on virtually topotypic material from the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic. Lectotype of Stenaphorura lubbocki Bagnall, 1935 was redescribed and used for comparison with S. japygiformis. The postantennal organ, composed of 50–56 simple vesicles, is 3.8 times the length of the frontal pseudocellus in S. japygiformis, compared to 75 vesicles and 6.3 times in the related S. lubbocki. Figures and measurements of some structures are given for the first time. As a consequence of my studies Stenaphorurella Luciáñez & Simón, 1992 is sunk into synonymy of Stenaphorura Absolon, 1900. All species transferred into Stenaphorurella by Luciáñez & Simón (1992) and by Khanislamova et al. (1997) are reintroduced into Stenaphorura Absolon, 1900.

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