The dorsal chaetotaxy of first instar Trogolaphysa jataca, with description of twelve new species of Neotropical Trogolaphysa (Hexapoda: Collembola: Paronellidae) Author Soto-Adames, Felipe N. text Zootaxa 2015 4032 1 1 41 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.1.1 aeef3f9e-8a5d-4bb0-b0d9-908830c0f6a5 1175-5326 289744 CB9720EB-7BB7-4199-A835-A3266B0DDA6B Trogolaphysa trioculata sp. nov. Figs. 3 G, 20A–F Table 5 Etymology. The epithet refers to the presence of only 3+3 eyes. Material examined. Holotype in preparation, MEXICO , Chiapas, Cacahuatan, Finca Cuauhtemoc, Quinine Grove, elevation 975 m , 3–4.vii.1950 , C. & M. Goodnight coll., Berlese sample leaf mold, INHS 579,843; 1 paratype in preparation with same collection information as holotype . Description. Size up to 1.1 mm . TABLE 5. Diagnostic table of Neotropical species of Trogolaphysa with 1-5 eyes. Characters Eye Prelabral Labral Tenent Inner Basal Position Unguiculus Rows Mucro Species Number Chetae Spines Hair Ungual Ungual Unpaired Shape Dental Teeth Shape Teeth Teeth Ungual Spines Position Tooth . strinatii 5+5 ciliate separated spatulate 3 middle distal lanceolate 2 4 Yoshii, 1988 subequal quarter half sequential
T. honduraensis (Palacios-Vargas, Ojeda & Christiansen, 1985) 4+4 smooth? present? acuminate 2 basal subequal quarter absent lanceolate 2 4 sequential
T. trioculata sp. nov. 3+3 ciliate absent acuminate 3 middle one quarter basal larger middle quarter weakly truncate 2 4 basal paired
T. millSi Arlé, 1939 2+2 ?? acuminate 3 middle one quarter basal larger middle quarter weakly truncate 2 4 sequential
T. alleni Yoshii. 1988 2+2 ciliate separated acuminate 3 middle subequal quarter distal half lanceolate narrow acuminate 2 4 sequential
T. tijucana (Arlé & Guimarães, 1979) 2+2 ?? acuminate 2 middle one quarter much larger absent truncate 1 4 sequential
FIGURE 19. Trogolaphysa relicta . A, Organization of mesothoracic macrochaetae in p3 complex; B, Denticles on distal margin of labrum; C, Macrochaetae of abdomen 4; D, Mucro. Color pattern . Specimens preserved in alcohol for 64 years light brown, patternless ( Fig. 3 G). Head. Antennae relatively short, 0.83x as long as head. Subapical sense organ of Ant. 4 not seen. Sense organ of Ant. 3 with normal rods. Eyes 3+3, eyes; only eyes A, B and C remain ( Fig. 20 A). Eye valley with 1 ciliate chaeta. Head dorsally with 2 anterior (A0, A2) and 2 posterior (Pa5, Pm3) macrochaetae. Pre-labral chaetae ciliate. Distal margin of labrum smooth, without denticles. Labial triangle with M1M2rEL1L2A1–5: anterior chaetae smooth; r stout and smooth, all other posterior chaetae ciliate. Post-labial field with 5–6 chaetae between columns I and O . Body. Body macrochaeta formula 60/0243+0+4. Mesothorax with 1 anterior (a5) and 5 posterior (p3 complex) macrochaetae ( Fig. 20 B) Metathorax without macrochaetae. Abd. 1 chaeta a6 absent. Abd. 3 S-microchaeta d2 almost reaching bothriotrix m5 ( Fig. 20 E). Abd. 4 ( Fig. 20 F) with pseudopore in field posterior to T4; with inner macrochaetae A3, A5, B5; A 3 in field between T2 and T4; A5 closer to B5 than to pseudopore; lateral macrochaetae D3, E2, E3 and F1 present. Abd. 4 posterior chaetae 10+10. Legs. Trochanteral organ V-shaped, with up to 14 chaetae. Metathoracic claw complex as in Fig 20 C; tenent hair acuminate, 0.56x as long as unguiculus; with 3 inner teeth, all keel- to weakly lunate-shaped, one paired tooth larger than other, longest tooth almost reaching unpaired tooth; all teeth originating around middle quarter of inner edge, teeth spread as 42%, 47%, 57%. Unguiculus weakly truncate and basally swollen, posterior edge smooth. Furcula. Dens with 2 rows of ciliate spines: inner and outer rows with 15 and 12 spines respectively. Mucro with 4 teeth, basal teeth paired ( Fig. 20 D); mucro rectangular, 3.0x as long as wide, and 1.4x as long as inner margin of metathoracic unguis.
Remarks . Trogolaphysa trioculata sp. nov. is the only Neotropical member of the genus with 3+3 eyes, acuminate tenent hair and 4 large lateral macrochaetae on Abd. 4. Five other species have reduced number of eye: T. alleni Yoshii, 1988 and T. millsi Arlé, 1939 with 2 eyes, T. tijuacana Arlé & Guimarães, 1979 with 4 eyes and T. strinatii Yoshii, 1988 with 5 eyes. Descriptions for all the species mentioned above are incomplete, but details of characters distinguishing them are presented in Table 5 .