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Figs 3744
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Material.</paragraph>
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Holotype ♀, Russia, Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Suntar-Khayata Mt Range, upper reaches of Kyubyume River [
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, 
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], 1,300 m alt., sandbank in Elikon River bed (flotation), 06.vii.2002, leg. O. Makarova (MSPU).
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Paratypes: 22 females on slides and more than 300 specimens in alcohol, same data as holotype; 11 females, same region, 1,480 m alt., plant community with predominance of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Dryas" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dryas" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dryas</taxonomicName>
sp. on slope, 07.vii.2002; 7 females, same region, 1,430 m alt., herbaceous meadow on south-facing slope, 07.vii.2002; 14 females on slides and more than 800 specimens in alcohol, same region, greenhouse of 
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Meteorological Station, 1,287 m alt., 24.vii.2002, leg. O. Makarova (MSPU).
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Colour white. Size 0.72-0.84 mm. Body slender and elongated. Antennae about as long as head, antennal area not clearly demarcated. Ant.4 rather long and narrow, with several curved and slightly thickened sensilla, 2 of which (dorso-subapical and inner-subbasal) straighter and especially distinct, a subapical organite small, usually spherical, a basal microsensillum present (Fig. 37). Ant.3 organ consisting of 4 (or rarely 4+5) low papillae, 2 sensory rods, 2 smooth sensory clubs with ribs (Fig. 38), 5 guard setae, and a lateral microsensillum (Fig. 37). Ant.1 and 2 as a rule with 9 and 12-13 setae. PAO with 10-12 composed vesicles set at some distance from each other (Fig. 42). Labrum with 7 setae and 4 prelabral ones. Apical part of labium with thick terminal setae on papillae A and C (AC-type), 6 long (b3-4, d3-4, e1, 3; e2 absent) and 4 spiniform (a1, b1-2 and d2), guard setae, a1shorter than others (Fig. 41). Proximal field of labium usually with 6 setae, basal fields (mentum and submentum) with 4 and 6 setae. Maxillary palp simple, with 2 sublobal setae.</paragraph>
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Pseudocellar formula (pso) as follows, dorsal: 32/233/33343, ventral: 11/000/0112, additionally one parapseudocellus (psx) present on each side of VT anteriorly to basal setae (Fig. 43). Each upper subcoxa with two pso. Localization of pso as in Figs 40, 43. Granulation fine and uniform, without areas of enlarged granules. Dorsal chaetotaxy almost symmetrical, setae smooth and clearly differentiated, especially on abdominal tip, sensilla not always distinct, sometimes hard to detect, particularly so on sterna and medially on Abd.1-3: 2/011/222010 (dorsal) and 2/000/00010 (ventral) (Fig. 40), a thickened sensillum on coxae of Lg.3 present. Th.1 with 5-6(7) setae on each side. Terga of Th.2-3 and Abd.1-3 with 3+3, Abd.4 with 2+2 and Abd.5 with 1+1, axial 
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. Lateral microsensilla present on both Th.2-3. Unpaired dorsal setae: d0 on head, microseta m0 on Abd.4, microseta a0 on Abd.5, and 2 macrosetae a0 and m0 on Abd.6, supplemented by 2+2 prespinal microsetae (Fig. 40).
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<pageBreakToken pageId="19" pageNumber="20" start="start">Sterna</pageBreakToken>
of Th. 2-3 with 1+1 setae along linea ventralis, ventral chaetotaxy of abdomen as in Fig. 43. Abd.3 sternum unclearly divided, anterior subsegment without setae. Furca reduced to a small area of fine granulation situated at some distance from border between Abd.3-4, with 2+2 small posterior setae arranged in 2 rows (Fig. 44), manubrial area with 4+4 setae arrange in 2 rows but only one of them set posteriorly to small dental setae (Fig. 43). Ventral tube with (5)6+6 distal setae and 2 proximal ones at corpus base. Upper subcoxae with (3)4-4-4, tibiotarsi with 18-18-18, setae: distal whorl with 9 setae (7 A and 2 T-setae), 7 setae in row B on each leg, setae M and Y present (Fig. 39). Unguis simple, with neither inner nor lateral tooth, unguiculus narrow with a long apical filament, latter usually reaching slightly beyond unguis (Fig. 39).Anal spine thick and slightly curved, set on unclear papillae.
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Figures 40-44. 
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sp. n. 40 dorsal chaetotaxy 41 labium 42PAO and adjacent pso43 ventral chaetotaxy 44 furcal remnant. Scales: 40, 43 - 0.1 mm, 41-42, 44 - 0.01 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Affinities.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
The main morphological features of 
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sp. n. are similar to those of 
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, 
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sp. n. and 
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(Babenko, 2007), comb. n. (see Table 2). Thus, all four species are characterized by virtually identical dorsal chaetotaxy and similar numbers of pso on all terga, sterna and subcoxae. The presence of a complete set of B-setae and M-seta on all tibiotarsi is also shared by them. 
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sp. n. has a different type of the labium (AC in 
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sp. n. versus ABC in three other species) and differs from 
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and 
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in the mutual position of antennal pso (cf. Figs 40 and 45). There are also some variations of the number of distal setae on the tibiotarsi in these four species (7 setae in 
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and 
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, 9 in 
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and 
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). 
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is the only species in the group showing five papillae in AO (found in elikonius only in exceptional cases), and only 
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is characterized by the presence of setae on all thoracic sterna (absent from Th.1 in all other species).
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Table 2. Main diagnostic characters of the known species of the volinensis-group of 
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<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus donjiensis" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="donjiensis">Allonychiurus donjiensis</taxonomicName>
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It is more difficult to distinguish 
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sp. n. from three Korean and one Chinese species of the group, namely 
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(Thibaud &amp; Lee, 1994), 
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(Lee &amp; Kim, 1994), 
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(Lee &amp; Kim, 1994), and 
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(Rusek, 1967), because their descriptions are incomplete and probably not fully correct in certain details. The most complete description is that of 
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. It is rather similar to 
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sp. n. in having an almost identical chaetotaxy, the same number of dorsal pso and tibiotarsal setae (see Table 2). The only difference of the sternal pso formula is the presence of true pseudocellus on Abd.1 in 
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instead of an elongated parapseudocellus without clear cuticular ring in 
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sp. n. However, these organs are homologous and sometimes difficult to distinguish. The most characteristic feature of 
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is the presence of MVO in mature males. Unfortunately, 
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sp. n. in the region under study is only represented by parthenogenetic populations: among more than 100 specimens checked, all were females. Formally, these species differ in size (0.75-0.83 mm in 
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sp. n. versus 0.5-0.65 mm in 
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), in the absence of ventral setae on Th.1 in elikonius, in the different number of setae on Ant.1 (9 in 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus elikonius" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elikonius">Allonychiurus elikonius</taxonomicName>
versus 8 in 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus mariangeae" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mariangeae">Allonychiurus mariangeae</taxonomicName>
), by unguiculus length (equal to or slightly longer than unguis in 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus elikonius" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elikonius">Allonychiurus elikonius</taxonomicName>
versus 0.75 of U3 in 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus mariangeae" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mariangeae">Allonychiurus mariangeae</taxonomicName>
), and by the absence of a0 on Abd.5 in 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus mariangeae" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mariangeae">Allonychiurus mariangeae</taxonomicName>
, but all these characters are probably variable.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="20" pageNumber="21" start="start">Three</pageBreakToken>
remaining species of the volinensis-group were described as having a lesser number of dorsal and ventral pso (see Table 2). Yet this probably needs verification. In any case, clear differences in the ecological preferences of compared species confirm the specificity of 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus elikonius" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elikonius">Allonychiurus elikonius</taxonomicName>
sp. n. The monsoon subtropical climate of southern Korea (the habitats of 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus mariangeae" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mariangeae">Allonychiurus mariangeae</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus donjiensis" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="donjiensis">Allonychiurus donjiensis</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus jindoensis" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jindoensis">Allonychiurus jindoensis</taxonomicName>
are sand beaches) and central China (vicinity of Shanghai, the only known locality of 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus foliatus" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foliatus">Allonychiurus foliatus</taxonomicName>
) has nothing to do with the extremely continental conditions of mountainous Yakutia (about 160 km from Oymyakon, one of the coldest places on Earth), where 
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sp. n. was found. Nevertheless, the probability that some of these nominate species can probe to be conspecific with 
<taxonomicName class="Collembola" family="Onychiuridae" genus="Allonychiurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allonychiurus elikonius" order="Poduromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elikonius">Allonychiurus elikonius</taxonomicName>
sp. n. cannot be completely ruled out until their adequate redescriptions.
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="21">The new species was named after its type-locality, Elikon River.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Still known only from the region of the type-locality, where it inhabits a number of different communities up to 1,500 m alt.</paragraph>
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