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Issue: Vol. 430 No. 1: 6 Feb. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-02-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.430.1.1
Page range: 1–26
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 5

The genus Arrhopalites (Collembola, Arrhopalitidae) in Asia, with the description of two new Japanese species of Yosiis collection

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. 58059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Collembola Arrhopalitidae Arrhopalites Asian Arrhopalites Collembola diversity R. Yosii

Abstract

The seventeen Asian species and two species from the East Europe (Moravia and Ukraine) of the genus Arrhopalites (Collembola: Arrhopalitidae) are diagnosed, discussed and compared. The Japanese species are re-described and two new Japanese epigaeic species, A. yosii sp. n. and A. ezoensis sp. n., are described and illustrated. A key for identification is given.

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