“ Nicoletia ” tergata Mills, 1940 rediscovered in Florida and confirmed as the first species of the Coletiniinae (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) in North America
Author
Espinasa, Luis
School of Science, Marist College, 3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, USA
Author
Smith, Graeme B.
Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-01-13
5228
3
337
350
journal article
226694
10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.6
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Key to the described genera of
Coletiniinae
(updated from
Reboleira
et al.
2012
)
1 Scales present at least on abdomen....................................................................... 2
- Scales absent, head and body with setae only............................................................... 9
2 Scales present on head, thorax and abdomen................................................................ 3
- Scales absent from head................................................................................ 5
3 Urosternite I entire, not divided into median sternum and 1+1 lateral coxites; pegs absent from the terminalia of the males......................................................................
Canariletia
Molero, Gaju, López & Bach
- Urosternite I divided into median sternum and 1+1 lateral coxites; urotergite X, cerci and sometimes the median filament of males with pegs...................................................................................... 4
4 Most of the scales round, wider at base, almost devoid of clear longitudinal rays, most ending in a minute median point; also with scattered, minute, strongly striated scales....................................
Squamatinia
Mendes & Reboleira
- All scales longer than wide and with numerous conspicuous longitudinal rays that frequently slightly surpass their free border, all approximately the same size.................................................
Lepidospora
s. str.
Wygodzinsky
5 Scales present on both thorax and abdomen................................................................. 6
- Scales absent from thorax, present on abdomen.............
Lepidospora (Brinckiletina)
Molero, Tahami, Gaju & Sadeghi
6 Pretarsus without empodium............................................................................ 7
- Pretarsus with empodium............................................................................... 8
7 Slightly convex raised platform with 5–6 ribs between the claws, posterior notch of urotergite X in female with 1+1 robust macrochaetae....................................................................... ..
Allobrinckina
Kaplin
- No raised platform between the claws, posterior notch of urotergite X in female with 2+2 robust macrochaetae.............................................................................................
Pseudobrinkina
Mendes
8 Styli present on urosternites III–IX..........................................................
Lepidina
Silvestri
- Styli present on urosternites II–IX..........................................
Lepidospora (Brinckina)
Wygodzinsky
9 Urotergite IV of males with prominent semi-circular raised region on urotergite IV; cerci with pegs, medial filament without pegs in mature males...................................................................
Gibboletia
gen. nov.
- Urotergite IV of males not modified, both cerci and medial filaments in mature males with pegs.....
Coletinia
Wygodzinsky