A new intriguing species of the genus Pseudachorutella Stach, 1949 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Pseudachorutinae) from Kyrgyzstan with the supplementation of generic definition and the description of the first instar larva
Author
Stryczek, Beata
0009-0005-4460-5700
University of Wrocław, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland
317366@uwr.edu.pl
Author
Smolis, Adrian
University of Wrocław, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-06
5492
3
421
430
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5492.3.8
1175-5326
13234985
CB539C52-9416-450D-AF15-70092ADB602B
Genus
Pseudachorutella
Stach, 1949
Pseudachorutella
Stach, 1949: 79
.
Type
species:
Pseudachorutes asigillatus
Börner, 1901
, by subsequent designation by
Stach 1949: 80
.
New diagnosis.
Colour in alive bluish grey, blue violet or dark blue.
Pseudachorutinae
of medium to large size, length of adults usually more than
1 mm
. Postantennal organ (PAO) absent. 8+8 dark pigmented eyes. Dorsal tubercles or reticulations absent. Ant. III and IV fused dorsally, sensorial equipment of dorsal side of Ant. IV with 6–8 cylindrical sensilla S. Ms of Ant. IV developed as microsensillum. Ventral side of ant. III usually with numerous modified setae (ventral “file”). Buccal cone usually elongated, line of labial setae C–D parallel to A–B. Moth part present but reduced: maxilla usually styliform and with or without apical hook/hooks, mandible slender or rarely strong, with 2–8 teeth. Dens with 5–7 setae, mucro present or rarely absent. Male organ present or absent. Tibiotarsi without or rarely with capitate setae. Claw with inner tooth or teeth, sometimes lateral teeth also present. Empodial appendage absent.
Remarks
. Since, the new species described here has distinct and unknown characters within the genus, we decided to modify its diagnosis.