Two new species of Allonychiurus Yoshii, 1995 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from eastern China, with a key to world species of the genus
Author
Chang, Liang
Author
Sun, Xin
text
Zootaxa
2016
4061
4
429
437
journal article
51209
10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.7
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1175-5326
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Allonychiurus zhejiangensis
sp. nov.
Figs 1–17
Material examined.
Holotype
male,
China
, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City, Xihu Park (
30°15’44’’ N
,
120°08’41’’ E
), 0
6 December 2014
, litter and soil, Sun Xin leg.
Paratypes
2 females
,
7 males
and
5 juveniles
, same data as
holotype
.
Description
. Body white in alcohol. Length of body 1.30–1.35 mm in females, 1.13–1.20 mm in males;
holotype
1.15 mm. Shape of body: cylindrical with anal spines on papillae (
Fig. 1
). Anal spines 0.3 times as long as inner edge of hind unguis.
Pso formulae 32/022/33353 dorsally and 12/000/21120 ventrally (
Figs 1, 8
). Subcoxae 1 of legs I–III with 2 pso each. Psx only present ventrally, formula as 0/000/
101000
(
Figs 1, 8
,
15
). Subcoxae 1 of legs I–III without psx. Psp formulae 00/011/
111100
dorsally and 00/111/0001m0 0 ventrally (
Figs 1, 8
).
Head. Antennae as long as head. Length ratio of Ant. I: II: III: IV as about 1: 1.8: 1.8: 2.5. Subapical organite on Ant. IV with globular apex; basolateral ms above the second proximal row of chaetae (
Fig. 6
). Ant. III sensory organ consists of 5 papillae, 5 guard chaetae, 2 small rods, and 2 smooth sensory clubs (
Fig. 7
); lateral ms just behind sensory organ. Ant. II with 14 chaetae. Ant. I with 8 chaetae. Antennal base well marked. PAO with 13–14 compound vesicles arranged in two rows along axis of organ (
Fig. 3
). Dorsal cephalic chaeta d0 present (
Fig. 10
). On head 3+3 p-chaetae present between two posterior pso, p1 anterior to others. Mandible with strong molar plate and 4 apical teeth. Maxilla bearing 3 teeth and 6 lamellae. Maxillary palp simple with 1 basal chaeta and 2 sublobal hair (
Fig. 4
). Labral chaetae 2/342 (
Fig. 2
). Labium with 6 proximal, 4 basomedian (E, F, G, and f) and 5 basolateral (b, c, d, e, e’) chaetae (
Fig. 9
); labial
type
AB, papillae A–E with 1, 4, 0, 3 and 3 guard chaetae respectively (
Fig. 5
). Postlabial chaetae 4+4 along ventral groove (
Fig. 9
).
Body chaetotaxy. S-chaeta distinguishable from ordinary chaeta, formulae as 2/022/222121 dorsally and 2/ 000/00010 ventrally (
Fig. 1
). Tiny and blunt ms present on both Th. II and III (
Figs 1
,
11
). Th. I tergum with 10+10 chaetae. Th. II–Abd. III terga with 3+3 chaetae along axial line respectively (
Fig. 1
). Abd. IV tergum with axial chaeta p0, Abd. V tergum without axial chaeta, Abd. VI tergum with axial chaeta p0 (
Figs 1
,
12
).Th. I–III sterna without chaetae.
Appendages. Subcoxae 1 of legs I–III with 4, 5 and 5 chaetae, subcoxae 2 with 0, 4 and 3 chaetae respectively. Coxae of legs I, II and III with 3, 9 and 12 chaetae, trochanters with 9 chaetae each and femorae with 15, 15 and 14 chaetae. Tibiotarsi of legs I, II and III with 17 (1, 7, 9), 19 (2, 8, 9) and 18 (2, 7, 9) chaetae, B7 absent on tibiotarsi I and III (
Figs 13, 14
). Unguis without teeth. Unguiculus 0.9 times as long as inner edge of unguis, without inner basal lamella (
Figs. 13, 14
). Ventral tube with 6+6 distal chaetae (2+2 of them inflated in males), without anterior and basal chaetae (
Fig. 8
). Furca reduced to finely granulated area, with 4 small dental chaetae arranged in two rows posteriorly and two manubrial rows of chaetae (
Fig. 16
).
Female genital plate with 13–18 chaetae, males with 44–54 chaetae. Anal valves with numerous acuminate chaetae; each lateral valve with chaetae a0, 2a1; upper valve with chaetae a0, 2b1, 2b2, c0, 2c1 and 2c2 (
Fig. 17
).
Ecology
. In litter and soil under broadleaved trees, in an urban recreational park.
Derivatio nominis
.
Named for the name of the province where the species was found.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality.
Discussion.
The new species is peculiar among the species, which have the larger body size in the genus
Allonychiurus
, as having three pso on the ventral side of head, labial
type
AB, incomplete B-whorl on tibiotarsi I and III and smooth sensory clubs on the antennal III organ. The new species shares the same number of pso on Th. II and III terga with a number of known species, viz.
A. donjiensis
(
Lee & Kim, 1994
)
,
A. flavescens
(
Kinoshita, 1916
)
,
A. indicus
(
Choudhuri & Roy, 1965
)
,
A. kimi
(
Lee, 1973
)
,
A. pseudocellitriadis
(
Lee, 1974
)
,
A. shanghaiensis
(
Rusek, 1971
)
and
A. pseudokimi
sp. nov.
described below. The main diagnostic characters are summarized in
Table 1
. The new species is the most similar to
A. indicus
and
A. pseudocellitriadis
by the absence of pso on Th. I tergum, but they can be distinguished easily by the pso formula on the ventral side of body (12/000/
21120 in
the new species, 2/000/00000 in
A. indicus
and 11/000/01000 in
A. pseudocellitriadis
).