Collembola of the Campanet cave (Mallorca, Balearic Islands), with descriptions of new species of Pseudosinella (Entomobryidae) and Oncopodura (Oncopoduridae)
Author
Seminario-Córdova, Renzo A.
Author
Baquero, Enrique
Author
Jordana, Rafael
Author
Vadell, Mateo
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-17
4532
1
journal volume
27762
10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.2
f82fd4e4-fc53-40eb-8644-83bc51c9417d
1175-5326
2615013
185B9E54-54CD-4DC1-A9F0-EAA948E36D9E
Genus
Pseudosinella
Schäffer, 1897
Generic diagnosis.
Pseudosinella
has a scaled body (scales roundish and with a fine striation), antennae with four segments, not swollen, head with 6+6 or fewer eyes, mucro bidentate with basal spine. Species are found in soil and leaf litter and are a habitual species of the fauna of caves. In the adaptation to caves, species usually have reduced eyes, reduction or absence of pigment and longer antennae and unguis.