A new species of Troglopedetes Joseph, 1872 with eyes (Collembola, Paronellidae) from a Christmas Island Cave, Australia

Title: A new species of Troglopedetes Joseph, 1872 with eyes (Collembola, Paronellidae) from a Christmas Island Cave, Australia
Creator: Cipola, Nikolas; Greenslade, Penelope
Date: 2023
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/194413
Identifier: vital:18348
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.7
Identifier: ISSN:1175-5326 (ISSN)
Abstract: A new species of Troglopedetes Joseph from a Christmas Island Cave, Australia is described and illustrated here. Troglopedetes eberhardi sp. nov. resembles other species by presence of eyes and dorsal chaetotaxy of the second thoracic segment to third abdominal segment, but differs in head chaetotaxy, fourth abdominal segment and elongated unguis median tooth, which character is documented here in the genus for the first time. A comparison and identification key for all eyed species is provided. This is the first record of Troglopedetes for Australia and the genus now has 37 nominal species, of which nine have eyes. Copyright © 2023 Magnolia Press.
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Relation: Zootaxa Vol. 5239, no. 4 (2023), p. 563-577
Rights: All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
Subject: 3104 Evolutionary biology; 3109 Zoology; Chaetotaxy; Tergal chaeta homology; Troglobitic fauna; Troglomorphic springtails; Troglopedetinae
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