Lepidocyrtus pseudosinelloides sensu Gisin 1967
- Dataset
- New data clarifying the taxonomy of European members of the Lepidocyrtus pallidus - serbicus group (Collembola, Entomobryidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Collembola
- order
- Entomobryomorpha
- family
- Entomobryidae
- genus
- Lepidocyrtus
- species
- Lepidocyrtus pseudosinelloides
description
Fig. 2, Tab 1
description
Redescription. Body length 1.6 ‒ 1.8 mm (without head nor furca). Relation of antennal joints I ‒ IV as 1: 2.1: 2.1: 3.3. In none of the five specimens studied was the dorsal head chaetotaxy completely clear, and chaetae A 0 and A 2 a were not visible. We can suppose these chaetae were present and the chaetotacic scheme would be A 0 A 2 a A 2 A 3 M 2 S 3 Pa 5 (Fig. 2). Interocular chaetotaxy with s, t, p chaetae. The body chaetotaxy was also unclear and only macrochaetae of dorsal abd. III (pm 6, p 6, m 7 a and p 8 p) and dorsal abd. IV chaetotaxy were clearly visible. The abd. IV chaetotaxy match the one described for L. florae sp. nov (Figs 25 ‒ 26) with only some little differences such as chaetae C 1 p, T 3 and D 1 p smooth (instead of ciliated). Other characters as described by Gisin (1967).
discussion
Discussion. Gisin (1967 a) described the dorsal macrochaetotaxy of L pseudosinelloides as “ the same as L. serbicus ”, which for dorsal head is A 0 A 2 A 3 M 2 S 3 Pa 5. Our revision of the type material is congruent with this scheme, although we could not be sure about the presence of chaetae A 2 a.
materials_examined
Material examined. Five paratypes (of sex not visible) on slides from type locality (“ Cueva del Cantal ”, Jaca municipality, Huesca province, Spain, see Gisin, 1967 a), deposited at the MHN.