Synonymy Of Spicatella Thibaud, 2002 With Delamarephorura Weiner & Najt, 1999, And Description Of Two New Species (Collembola: Tullbergiidae) Author Janion, Charlene Author Deharveng, Louis Author Weiner, Wanda Maria text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 2013-08-30 61 2 657 663 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5352692 2345-7600 5352692 KEY TO KNOWN SPECIES OF THE GENUS DELAMAREPHORURA WEINER & NAJT, 1999 1. Pseudocellar formula: 11/122/22221. Tibiotarsal chaeta M present or absent......................................................................2 – Pseudocellar formula: 11/111/11111. Tibiotarsal chaeta M present. Furcal area not individualised, covered with secondary granulation ................... D. capensis new species , South Africa 2. Strong spine-like processes on abdominal tergum VI present..................................................................................................3 – Spine-like processes on abdominal tergum VI absent or very small.........................................................................................4 3. Dorsal mesochaetae of relatively large size. Head with p 2 small, two to three times shorter than p 1 . Medioventral process of Abd. VI distinct. Claw with inner tooth ............................................ .................. D. salti (Delamare-Deboutteville, 1953) , Tanzania – Dorsal mesochaetae very short. Chaetae p 1 and p 2 on the head short and subequal. Medioventral process of Abd. VI very small. Claw without inner tooth........................................................... .................. D. szeptyckii Barra & Weiner, 2009 , South Africa 4. Antennal segment IV without a large internal sac distally. Furcal area individualised, devoid of secondary granulation............5 Table 1. Differential characters of the species of Delamarephorura .

D. salti	D. szeptyckii	D. bedosae	D. capensis	D. tami	D. cf. bedosae
Size (in mm)	1.5	0.77–0.86	0.40–0.55	1.07–1.16	0.65–0.78	up to 0.7
Pseudocellar formula	11/122/22221	11/122/22221	11/122/22221	11/111/11111	11/122/22221	11/122/22221
Large internal sac apically on ant. IV	absent	absent	present	absent	absent	absent
PAO: number of vesicles	14 or 15	12	12 to 18	8 to 12	15	15 or 16
Number of chaetae of tibiotarsi	10, 10, 9	10, 10, 10	10, 10, 10	10, 10, 10	11, 11, 10	10, 10, 10
Tita: chaeta M	present	present	present	present	absent	present
Tita: whorl B*	B3B4B5(B6)	B3B4B5B6	B3B4B5B6	B3B4B5B6	(B1)B2B3B4B5B6	B3B4B5B6
Secondary granules on furcal area	absent	absent	present	present	absent	absent
Crescentic ridges	present	well marked	indistinct	absent or very faint	present	indistinct
Dorsal spine-like processes	present	present	absent	absent	present	very small
Ventro-medial process	present	very small	very small	small	absent	small
Distribution	Tanzania	South Africa	Southern Vietnam	South Africa	Southern Vietnam	Madagascar
Ecology	about 4000 m a.s.l.	grassland, 1600 m a.s.l.	seashore	sandy soil under bushes, sea level	lowland secondary forest, in soil	seashore

*Between brackets, chaetae absent on Tita III – Antennal segment IV with a large internal sac distally. Furcal area not individualised, covered with secondary granulation. Tibiotarsal chaeta M present ..................................................... ...................................... D. bedosae ( Thibaud, 2002 ) , Vietnam 5. Antennal sensilla thick. Tibiotarsal chaeta M absent ............... .................................................. D. tami new species , Vietnam – Antennal sensilla thinner. Tibiotarsal chaeta M present........... ....................... D. cf. bedosae in Thibaud (2008) , Madagascar