Onychiurus wilchi Wray 1950
- Dataset
- Redescriptions of Hypogastruridae and Onychiuridae (Collembola) described by David L. Wray
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Entognatha
- order
- Collembola
- family
- Onychiuridae
- genus
- Onychiurus
- species
- Onychiurus wilchi
discussion
Remarks. Pomorski et al. (2009) felt that O. wilchi most probably belonged in Onychiurus s. str. but that the characters described and illustrated by Wray (1950 a) were insufficiently accurate for definite placement. The four specimens examined appear to have all been in ecdysis when collected and proved to be nearly featureless both before and after remounting. The few characters that could be discerned, along with the parts of Wray’s description that are likely to be reasonably accurate, do allow for placement of the species in Onychiurus s. str. Most significantly, the molted labial palpi were still attached to the head of one of the specimens and clearly showed blunt A and B sensilla, and pointed C, D, and E sensilla. This arrangement is found only in Onychiurus s. str. and several species transferred to the related genera Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901 and Orthonychiurus Stach, 1954 (Bellinger et al. 1996 - 2014, Fjellberg 1998, Pomorski 1998).
Name
- Homonyms
- Onychiurus wilchi Wray 1950