Two new American species of Paraxenylla (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) and ecological notes
Author
Palacios-Vargas, José G.
Author
Janssens, Frans
text
Zootaxa
2006
1312
37
47
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.173898
61eaa0c9-4192-455a-bb40-ac6a5bddc5c0
11755326
173898
Key for the separation of the species of
Paraxenylla
1 Ventral tube (v.t.) with 1 + 1 setae ................................................................................ 4
v.t. with more than 1 + 1 setae....................................................................................... 2
2 v.
t. with 2 + 2 setae..........................................................................................
P. mangle
v.t. with more than 2 + 2 setae....................................................................................... 3
3 v.
t. with 3 + 3 setae
........................................................................................
P. arenosa
v.t. with 4 + 4 setae
.......................................................................................
P. oceanica
4 Tenaculum with 3 teeth on each ramus; tibiotarsi with tenent hairs ............................. 5
Tenaculum with 2 teeth on each ramus; tibiotarsi without tenent hairs ..........................
............................................................................................................
P. cubana
sp. nov.
5 With 1 + 1 ventral setae on abdominal segment II....................................................... 6
With more than 1 + 1 ventral setae on abdominal segment II....................................... 7
6 Very small species, less than
0.5 mm
; two antennal sensilla bigger than others ............
...........................................................................................................................
P.piloua
About
1 mm
long; only one sensillum smaller than others
...........................
P. lapazana
7 With a total of 7 tenent hairs; unguis with one teeth; 1 + 1 ventral setae on abdominal segment II; about
0.9 mm
long
.........
P. affiniformis
(
sensu
Gama & Deharveng, 1984
) With only 4 tenent hairs; unguis with no teeth; 3 + 3 ventral setae on abdominal seg ment II; about
1.5 mm
long...........................................................
P. peruensis
sp. nov.