Abstract
Kalanura, a new genus of Neanurinae with four new species, K. babenkoi sp. nov., K. compacta sp. nov., K. stebaevae sp. nov., and K. spectabilis sp. nov., is described from Russian Siberia. The genus is characterised by separate tubercles Dl, So and L on head. Within the tribe Neanurini it is the most similar to genera Neanura MacGillivray, 1893 and Thaumanura Börner, 1932, which they resemble in the presence of 3+3 eyes and the arrangement of chaetae Di and De on head.References
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