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Issue: Vol. 1660 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1660.1.3
Page range: 45–51
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Rhynchocyrtus gen. nov. (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from the Southeast and Northeast Brazilian regions

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 Brazil Lepidocyrtini new genus Rhynchocyrtus taxonomy

Abstract

Rhynchocyrtus gen. nov. is described and illustrated with a new type species: Rhynchocyrtus klausi sp. nov. from National Park of Tijuca (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil). This work also includes a new record of Rhynchocyrtus gen. nov. and a new species from a remnant rainforest area of the Northeast region, in Pernambuco State, Brazil.

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