Anodontophora tuvensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Collembola: Onychiuridae: Tetrodontophorinae)
Author
Pomorski, Romuald J.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1521
63
66
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.177440
e2e65afa-3b1c-4e29-a21c-b368d38fafe8
1175-5326
177440
Anodontophora
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Anodontophora tuvensis
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
Body pigmented, cylindrical, relatively short and robust, without anal spines. All abdominal segments well defined. Dorsal side of body with dorsomedial, lateral and ventral pseudocelli. Pseudocelli well chitinised. Dorsal posterior cephalic pseudocelli present. Parapseudocelli absent. Furca functional, with a fully developed with mucro. Subapical organite present. Antennal III sense organ composed of 4 guard setae and 5 papillae. PAO absent.
Type
O labial palp with 9 proximal setae (
Fig. 7
). Head of maxilla typical with short and not modified lamellae, slightly projecting above well developed three-toothed ungulum. Dorsal chaetotaxy of plurichaetotic
type
. Dorsal setae poorly differentiated into sticklike and apically rounded macro- and mesosetae and apically pointed microsetae. Body sensilla not marked. Tibiotarsal distal whorl with 11 setae.
Etymology.
The genus name refers to the lack of anal spines.
Discussion.
Anodontophora
gen. nov.
belongs in the subfamily Tetrodontophorinae because of the presence of a functional jumping apparatus, pigmented body, increased number of proximal setae (to 9) on the labial palp, and the typical structure of the head of maxillae. The new genus is characterized by the absence of postantennal organ and a cylindrical body shape. The two related genera,
Tetrodontophora
and
Homaloproctus
, have the postantennal organ and their body is distinctly flattened dorsoventrally with a sharp lateral edge. In addition, the genus
Tetrodontophora
is characterized by the presence of anal spines and spine-like appendages at the posterolateral edges of abdominal segment V. The genus
Homaloproctus
is distinguishable by the lack of anal spines and the autapomorphic presence of 6 small papillae on the antenna tip and a group of distally clubbed setae on the dorsal side of tibiotarsus.