Revision of Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903 reveals it to be another widespread Palearctic species of the genus (Collembola, Neelidae)
Author
Schneider, Clément
0000-0003-3743-9319
Abteilung Bodenzoologie, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 02826 Görlitz, Germany clement. schneider @ senckenberg. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3743 - 9319
clement.schneider@senckenberg.de
Author
Panina, Ksenia
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Kibalchicha str., 6, korp. 3, Moscow, 129278, Russia
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-07-21
5318
4
474
488
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.2
1175-5326
8181850
10C3728D-B718-4074-AC83-142A98A88895
Megalothorax
cf
incertus
Börner, 1903
A single male and a moulting female were found co-occurring with
M. incertus
sensu nov.
of the natural reserve of Zingaro (same data as sample CS.035.IT provided for
M. incertus
s
ensu nov.
), with the following characters: 2 + 2 chaetae on the basolateral fields of labium, chaetae on the head vertex not specially thickened,
a3
present on Th. II, presence of abdominal s-chaetae
s3
, 2 + 2 chaetae on Abd. IV sternite, serrated mucro, 4 + 4 teeth on the retinaculum. Integumentary channels not seen on head and trunk. The specimen is partially damaged, and no DNA data is available. Combination of characters does not fit any of the three above species. Specimens with the same features have been found in
Russia
, but so far we do not have sufficient data to discuss the status of the species.