New Cave Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Crimea (Ukraine)
Author
Vargovitsh, Robert S.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2047
1
47
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186465
7ee3040e-29c4-4368-8915-ba2f7d6b14fc
1175-5326
186465
9232BEFF-077C-4C10-8E17-85CBA2AD1428
Genus
Arrhopalites
Börner, 1906
Syn.:
Pseudarrhopalites
Stach, 1945
: 7
Coecarrhopalites
Yosii, 1967
: 66
Type
species:
Sminthurus caecus
Tullberg, 1871
Diagnosis
. Genus of
Arrhopalitidae
with characters: trichobothrial pattern of
caecus
-
type
(ABC form an angle towards 90º, AB≥BC); secondary seta FS is absent in fore and mid tibiotarsi; cuticular spines on anal valves present or in some species secondarily lost; anterior surface of dens with 5 (seldom with 4) transversal rows of setae, anterodistal seta as a spine or simple; shape of mucronal apex more or less globular; Ant IV often undivided or indistinctly divided on subsegments; head with single exceptions bears spine-like setae.