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Two New Species of Sminthurides Börner, 1900 (Collembola: Sminthurididae) from Mexico with Comments on the Genus and a Key to the Members from the Americas.
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Neotropical entomology [Neotrop Entomol] 2021 Jun; Vol. 50 (3), pp. 408-429. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 15. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A survey of Sminthurides Börner, 1900 with specimens from the Americas was performed and two new species from Mexico are described and illustrated (drawings and SEM photographs), including a detailed study of body chaetotaxy. Sminthurides cihuatlensis sp. nov. is part of the Aquaticus group by the presence of ciliate seta B1 on Ant. II; it has a narrow mucro and lives in soil from the slopes of Iztaccíhuatl volcano. Sminthurides fridakahloae sp. nov. belongs to the Penicillifer group by the presence of Tra-2 on the Ant. II; it has a broad, trilamellate mucro, dens with plurichaetosis, and lives on surface freshwater from Colima and Morelos states. In addition, a key for the species is provided.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Mexico
Arthropods anatomy & histology
Arthropods classification
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1678-8052
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neotropical entomology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33721234
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-020-00831-5