Taxonomic revision of the family Eosentomidae (Hexapoda: Protura) from Japan 2701
Author
Nakamura, Osami
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
2701
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109
journal article
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Eosentomon tokui
Imadaté
Fig. 54
Eosentomon tokui
Imadaté, 1974a: 597
, figs. 1–2;
Imadaté, 1974b: 328
, figs. 178–179.
Specimens examined.
Specimens deposited in NSMT:
two females
, NSMT–Ap 77, Kamishishiori, Kesennumashi,
Miyagi Prefecture
,
27-XI-1971
, T. Watanabe leg. (same data as for the
holotype
);
two females
, same data as for the
holotype
(No.0086
2 in
Imadaté’s Proturan Collection).
FIGURE 54.
Eosentomon tokui
Imadaté
from Kamishishiori, Miyagi Prefecture (type locality), female. A, dorsal view of head, right side; B, labrum and rostral region; C, maxillary palpus; D, galea; E, mandible; F, dorsal view of hind tarsus; G, tracheal camerae on thoracic tergite III; H, central lobe on abdominal tergite VI; I, laterostigmata II–IV; J, posterior margin on abdominal tergite VIII. Scales: 20 µm.
Additions to description.
On head, setae
m4
present,
aa
and
pa
absent, sensilla
as
and
ps
present (
Fig. 54A
); seta
sp
1.4–1.5 times longer than
p
; sensilla
pp
rudimentary. Labral setae present. Seta
rs
inflated, equal to
sr
in length (
Fig. 54B
). On maxillary palpus (
Fig. 54C
) sensillum
md
slightly longer then
ml
. On galea (
Fig. 54D
) digit O longer than M and I; M slightly shorter than or as long as I. Mandible with two teeth (
Fig. 54E
). On hind tarsus (
Fig. 54F
)
D2
and
D4
spine-like,
D4
slightly more slender than
D2
. Tracheal camerae contracted distally (
Fig. 54G
). Central lobe slightly sinuate (
Fig. 54H
). Laterostigmata II–IV large (
Fig. 54I
), II with a central spot, III–IV with no inner structure; that on V small. On abdominal tergite VIII (
Fig. 54J
)
P1a'
without basal dilatation and anterior to
P2
;
P2a
linear.
Remarks.
The
holotype
was not found in the collection of NSMT; hence, topotype specimens were examined.
Distribution.
Japan
(Honshu)