Taxonomy of the Proisotoma complex. V. Sexually dimorphic Ephemerotoma gen. nov. (Collembola: Isotomidae)
Author
Potapov, Mikhail
Author
Kahrarian, Morteza
Author
Deharveng, Louis
Author
Shayanmehr, Masoumeh
text
Zootaxa
2015
4052
3
345
358
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4052.3.4
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Proctostephanus anopolitanus
(
Schulz & Lymberakis, 2006
)
comb. nov.
Figs 32, 33
,
39
Syn.:
Proisotoma anopolitana
Schulz & Lymberakis, 2006
Material.
Four
paratypes
(West Crete, Anopolis) deposited in Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz.
Taxonomical additions.
Mouthparts typical for the genus. Two prelabral chaetae. Maxillary outer lobe with simple maxillary palp and 4 sublobal hairs. Labium with all papillae (A–E) present, papillae A–D with normal number of guards (1,4,0,4), E usually with 4 guards, with 5 on one side of one
paratype
. With 3 proximal and 4 basomedian chaetae. Body with numerous and rather short chaetae on body. Wart of Abd.V distinct, consisting of a few strong chitinized wrinkles (
Fig. 32
), common chaetae near wart thicker, sometimes with denticles. Abd. V with 4 sens arranged in two transverse rows, two anterior sens longer and thicker than posterior sens.
S
-formula as 3,3/ 2,2,2,2,4 (s) and 1,1/1,1,1 (
ms
). Furca well developed, similar to other members of
Ephemerotoma
(
Fig. 33
).
Affinity
. Initially the species was described in the genus
Proisotoma
since its position was not fully clear (
Schulz & Lymberakis 2006
). In the light of the current study it shares the characters of
Ephemerotoma
and
Proctostephanus
.
Since the compact abdominal wart of
P. anopolitanus
is more likely to be the "crown" than the diffuse rugosity, we recognise the species as a member of
Proctostephanus
, which differs from congeners by fewer crown protuberances (
Fig. 39
versus
Figs 37, 38
). In addition, the crown of
P. anopolitanus
is partly covered with chaetae (
Fig. 32
,
Schulz 2010
,
Schulz & Lymberakis 2006
), which is unknown for other species of
Proctostephanus
.
Proctostephanus anopolitanus
mostly resembles
E. porcella
described from the same area. The two species differ by sexual dimorphism (absent in
anopolitana
vs. present in
porcella
), shape of the wart and setae at the end of abdomen, ratios of furcal parts and the number of chaetae on the ventral tube (see
Schulz & Lymberakis 2006
). The maturity of males on which the first description was based is somewhat equivocal, which causes some doubts if the two species differ in sexual dimorphism.
P. anopolitanus
was caught in pitfall traps in great numbers (see table
1 in
Schulz & Lymberakis 2006
), which indicates an ecological similarity to
Ephemerotoma
.