New records and new species of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryidae, Paronellidae) from lava tubes of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
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Katz, Aron D.
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Taylor, Steven J.
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Soto-Adames, Felipe N.
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Addison, Aaron
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Hoese, Geoffrey B.
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Sutton, Michael R.
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Toulkeridis, Theofilos
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Subterranean Biology
2016
17
77
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.7660
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.7660
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Coecobrya sp. A
Fig. 21A
Remarks
.
A single juvenile male with 1+1 eyes was collected on the surface (Table 3) at Cueva Gallardo. Four species of
Coecobrya
with 1+1 eyes have been described (
Xu and Zhang 2015
):
Coecobrya boneti
(Denis, 1948),
Coecobrya indonesiensis
(Chen & Deharveng, 1997),
Coecobrya sanmingensis
Xu & Zhang, 2015, and
Coecobrya tukmeas
Zhang, Deharveng & Chen, 2009. Our specimen is very similar to the four species listed above, but the combination of characters on the labial triangle, Abd. III, and unguiculus suggest our specimen represents an undescribed species. Unfortunately, a single juvenile is insufficient material on
which
to base a new species description. However, this is the first record of the genus
Coecobrya
from the
Galapagos
Islands.
Material examined.
Ecuador,
Galapagos
, Santa Cruz Island: 1 juvenile ♂? on slide, Cueva Gallardo, leaf litter near entrance, 8.iii.2014 (S. Taylor and J. Jacoby), GLP-047, INHS Acc. 567,421.
Figure 21. A
Coecobrya
sp. A habitus (INHS Acc. 567,421) B
Cyphoderus cf. agnotus
, habitus.