A new species of Troglopedetes Joseph, 1872 with eyes (Collembola, Paronellidae) from a Christmas Island Cave, Australia Author Cipola, Nikolas Gioia 0000-0002-7594-9574 Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, CPEN. Ave nida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69067 - 375, Manaus, AM, Brazil. & Corresponding Author: nikolasgc @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7594 - 9574 nikolasgc@gmail.com Author Greenslade, Penelope 0000-0002-2123-5306 Insitute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability, Federation University, PO Box 663, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia Department of Biology, Australian National University, GPO Box, Australian Capital Territory 0200. p. greenslade @ federation. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2123 - 5306 p.greenslade@federation.edu.au text Zootaxa 2023 2023-02-13 5239 4 563 577 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.7 1175-5326 7635337 088230A4-59FE-462D-84C4-9203939C2E17 Genus Troglopedetes Joseph, 1872 Type species. Troglopedetes albus Joseph, 1872: 180 Diagnosis of genus . Ant. IV subdivided and devoid of apical bulb ( Fig. 2A ); eyes 0–3 per side; labral papilla absent ( Fig. 2E ); body dorsal macrochaetotaxy oligochaetotic; head central region with 0–7 mac or mic ( A3 , M1–2 , S2–3 and S5–6 ) and posteriorly with 2–4 mac ( Pa2–3 , Pm3 , Pp3 ) ( Fig. 2D ). Th II with 1 ( a5 ) anterior, 0–2 median ( m2 , m4 ) and 6 posterior ( P3 complex) mac. Th III with 3 mac ( p2–3 complex) plus a4 mac present or absent ( Fig. 3A ). Abd I–III with 0, 1 ( m3 ) and 1 ( m3 ) central mac ( Fig. 3B ). Abd IV with 2 to 4 ( A5 , Si , B4–5 ) central mac ( Fig. 3C ), rarely 5 or 6. Th II–Abd V with ms and sens formula 1, 0| 1, 0, 1(0), 0, 0 and 1, 1 | 0, 1, 1, +, 2, respectively; Abd IV with 3 ( T2 , T4 , D3p ) bothriotricha ( Fig. 3 ). Male with circinate genital plate. Dens with 1 or 2 rows of dorsal spines, outer row with spine-like mac ciliate, inner row with conical spines gently ciliate ( Fig. 5E ). Mucro with main 3 to 6 teeth, proximal tooth ( v2 ) with 1–5 denticles ( Fig. 5F ) (modified from Hüther 1962 , 1983 ; Wilson 1982 ; Deharveng 1990 ; Deharveng & Gers 1993 ; Barra 2006 ; Soto-Adames et al. 2014 ; Jantarit et al. 2020 ; Surakhamhaeng et al. 2021 )