Cryophilic Isotomidae (Collembola) of the Northwestern Rocky Mountains, U. S. A.
Author
Fjellberg, Arne
text
Zootaxa
2010
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27
49
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196078
3afa748f-2467-40ae-83ec-00984bfe7362
1175-5326
196078
Desoria capra
sp. n.
(
Fig. 77
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
(female, in slide) and
paratype
(male, slide) from "Alaska: Juneau. Mts. between Mendenhall Glacier and Montana Creek Trail,
58o29'N
,
134o40'W
,
13.VII.1980
. On melt-water ponds,
975 m
.
alt., A. Fjellberg leg." (
INHS
).
Description.
Size
1.2 mm
(subadult female in slide). Eye-spots black, rest of body white. Ocelli 6+6. Labrum modified, with stiff setae set close together (somewhat like
Gnathisotoma spinolabris
, described below). Apical edge of labrum membranous, without visible ventral ciliation (more like rough sandpaper). Maxillary palp trifurcate. Maxillae modified, with prolonged lamellae; Lam.1 passes well beyond tip of capitulum and appears almost smooth, without visible ciliation. Third tooth of capitulum thin and membranous (
Fig. 77
). Labium with 4+4 basomedian setae. Ventral tube with 1+1 frontal and 3+3 lateral setae. Dens with 7 dorsal setae in proximal half. Tib. 1–2 shortened, inner side with 3+3 setae along median line (as
Fig. 72
). Abd. 5–6 fused.
Etymology
. The name refers to the mountain goat (
Oreamnos americanus
) which is abundant in the area where this new species was collected.
Discussion
. The species shares essential characters with
cryophila
and
rosea
in the 6+6 ocelli, small roundish PAO with three associated setae, "double" setal cover with distinct macrochaetae (as
Fig. 30
), abdominal sensilla inserted anterior to the p-row, manubrium with abundant (>50) setae in the ventral median field, mucro compact with 5 teeth. It differs sharply from other species of this group by having a trifurcate maxillary palp and modified labrum and maxillae. Despite that only two specimens are known, the species is so distinct that a formal description seems justified.