The genus Drepanura (Collembola: Entomobryidae) in Australia: descriptions of two new species and redescriptions of five known species
Author
Ma, Yitong
Author
Chun, Zhao
Author
Greenslade, Penelope
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
3
373
387
journal article
39249
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.5
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Drepanura coeruleopicta
(
Schött, 1917
)
Figs 9
,
88−95
Material examined.
7 females
,
Australia
: Northern Territory: Pungalina,
16o 40.323’S
137o 24.864’E
, 2012/2013, collected by Penelope Greenslade. All deposited in
SAM
.
Description.
Body length up to
1.4mm
. Ground colour pale yellow, eyes dark blue and bluish cross-bands present on posterior edges of each segments, Abd. IV with another irregular band on middle part, lateral margin of body with bluish pigment, especially on Abd. I and III (
Fig. 9
).
FIGURES 79−87.
Drepanura cobaltina
(Schött, 1917)
: 79, eyes and interocular chaetotaxy; 80, labium; 81, chaetotaxy of Th. II −III; 82, foot complex; 83, chaetotaxy of Abd. I −III; 84, chaetotaxy of Abd. IV; 85, chaetotaxy of Abd. V; 86, anterior face of ventral tube; 87, mucro.
FIGURES 88−95.
Drepanura coeruleopicta
(Schött, 1917)
: 88, dorsal chaetotaxy of head; 89, labrum; 90, chaetotaxy of Th. II −III; 91, chaetotaxy of Abd. I −III; 92, chaetotaxy of Abd. IV; 93, chaetotaxy of Abd. V; 94, plaque of manubrium; 95, mucro.
Dorsal cephalic chaetotaxy with 4 antennal (An1, An2, An3a1, An3), 2 median (M2, M4) and 6 sutural (S0, S2, S3, S4, S
4i
, S5) macrochaetae (
Fig. 88
). Labral chaetae 4/5, 5, 4, prelabral chaetae finely ciliate, others smooth (
Fig. 89
).
Dorsal macrochaetae shown as in
Fig. 90
. Th. II with 2 (m1, m2) macrochaetae in Mm area and 2 (m4, a5) macrochaetae in Ms area. Th. III with 3 (a1, a2, a3) macrochaetae in Am area and 5 (a
4i
, a4, a5, m
5i
, m5) macrochaetae in As area.
Abd. IV 3.6−4.2 times as long as Abd. III along dorsal midline. Abd. I with 3 (m2, m3, m4) macrochaetae. Abd. II with 3 (a2, m3, m3e) central and 1 lateral (m5) macrochaeta, Abd. III with 1 central (m3) and 3 lateral (am6, pm6, p6) macrochaetae (
Fig. 91
). Central part of Abd. IV with 7+7 macrochaetae (
Fig. 92
). Abd. V with about 9 macrochaetae and 3 sensory chaetae (
Fig. 93
). Manubrial plaque with 3 ciliate chaetae and 2 pseudopores (
Fig. 94
). Mucro falcate and tip of basal spine not reaching apex of apical tooth (
Fig. 95
).
Remarks.
The colour pattern of our specimens agree with Schött’s description, but our specimens (up to
1.4mm
) are smaller than Schött’s specimens (1.5−2.0mm).
Type
locality.
Australia
: South Queensland: Logan Village.
Holotype
:
NHRM
4174 (not examined).
Distribution
.
Australia
: all States.