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Issue: Vol. 2480 No. 1: 21 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2480.1.3
Page range: 37–44
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new Isotomidae species (Collembola) from Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Laboratório de Gestão da Biodiversidade, Bloco A, sala 100. Instituto de Biologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão. CEP: 21941–590. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Collembola Cryptopygus Paracerura taxonomy chaetotaxy Neotropic

Abstract

Two new Isotomidae species Cryptopygus tingus sp. nov. and Paracerura pindorama sp. nov. are described and illustrated, based on litter samplings made in the year 2008 in the Atlantic Forest of the Sooretama Biological Reserve, in the Espírito Santo State.

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