Australotomurus barbatus Mari-Mutt & Greenslade 1985
- Dataset
- A synthesis of the current knowledge on the Australian Orchesellidae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Collembola
- order
- Entomobryomorpha
- family
- Orchesellidae
- genus
- Australotomurus
- species
- Australotomurus barbatus
description
Figs 8 – 9, Tables 2 – 3
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Size of adult specimens about 2 mm, dorsal head mostly unpigmented, with dark pigments around the antennal bases and few small spots on the center head and behind the eyes, dorsal trunk with three longitudinal stripes of dark pigment. Ant. II basally subsegmented (antennae with six segments). Males’ Ant. Ib internally with about 45 modified short densely ciliate chaetae plus 12 – 13 minute smooth chaetae, Ant. IIb dimorphic chaetae less discernible. Males’ Ant. II straight (not angled). Antero-lateral head of males with a dense cluster of about 65 short ciliated chaetae. Labial basomedian field posteriorly with 4 – 7 ciliate chaetae internal to E. Dorsal head with A 3, A 4 – 4 e, A 6 p, A 7 i, M 1, M 2 – 2 p, M 3 i, S 0 ’, S 2, S 4 i, S 4 a, S 4 e, S 5 a, S 5 e, Ps 2, and Ps 5 mac, M 0 and Ps 3 mac absent (Fig. 9 A). Abd. II with a 1 a, a 2 a 2, a 3 a, m 3 ep, and p 4 mac, plus four mac on the m 3 ea complex, m 4 mac absent (Fig. 9 B); Abd. III with a 2 – 2 a 2, a 3, m 3 ea mac, m 3 eai and p 3 mac present or absent, m 3 ei and m 3 p mac absent (Fig. 9 C); Abd. IV with A 2 – 3, B 3, B 5, and xa mac, Ae 5 present or absent, A 5, xp, C 4, T 1, and T 6 mac absent (Fig. 9 D). Trochanteral organ with about 25 spine-like chaetae. Unguis with three unpaired inner teeth. Tenaculum with 5 – 7 chaetae (adapted from Mari-Mutt & Greenslade 1985).