Taxonomic revision of the family Eosentomidae (Hexapoda: Protura) from Japan 2701
Author
Nakamura, Osami
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
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journal article
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Eosentomon tokiokai
Imadaté
Fig. 53
Eosentomon tokiokai
Imadaté, 1964a: 51
, figs. 15–16;
Imadaté, 1974b: 288
, figs. 149–150.
Specimens examined.
Specimen deposited in
NSMT
:
1 female
from
type
locality,
Shirahama
,
Wakayama Prefecture
,
VII-1974
,
H. Takeda
leg. (
Imadaté’s Proturan Collection No.
3150a 14)
.
One
female,
Mandabaru
,
Yonaguni Island
,
Okinawa Prefecture
,
24°27'26"N
,
122°58'34"E
,
100 m
elevation, litter of evergreen broad-leaved forest,
21- V-2000
,
M. Mizushima
leg.
FIGURE 53.
Eosentomon tokiokai
Imadaté. 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, posterior margin of abdominal tergite VIII. A–E, G, female from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture; F, H, I, female from Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. Scales: 20 µm.
Other specimens recorded.
This species is collected in many localities in the west of Kanto district, hence those records are omitted.
Additions to description.
On head, setae
aa
,
pa
and
m4
present, sensilla
as
and
ps
present (
Fig. 53A
); seta
sp
1.4–1.5 times longer than
p
; sensilla
pp
rudimentary. Labral setae present. Seta
rs
inflated, shorter than
sr
(
Fig. 53B
). On maxillary palpus (
Fig. 53C
) sensillum
md
longer than
ml
. On galea (
Fig. 53D
) digit O slightly longer than M and I. Mandible with two teeth (
Fig. 53E
). On hind tarsus (
Fig. 53F
)
D2
and
D4
spine-like;
D4
more slender than
D5
. Tracheal camerae distinctly distally contracted (
Fig. 53G
). Central lobe constricted in middle (
Fig. 53H
). Laterostigmata II–IV distinct, without inner structure. On abdominal tergite VIII (
Fig. 53
)
P1a'
simple without basal dilatation and anterior to
P2
;
P2a
linear.
Distribution.
Japan
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tobishima, Sado, Yakushima,
Okinawa
, Iriomote, Yonaguni, Izu–Ohshima, Miyakejima and Hachijojima Islands).