Description of a new species of Paraxenylla (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) from Brazil, with comments on the genus Author Queiroz, Gabriel C. Author Deharveng, Louis text Zootaxa 2008 1858 1 8 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.183626 2ac021af-7c7c-41f1-b7d3-d1f544e3ec37 1175-5326 183626 Paraxenylla Murphy, 1965 Xenylla (Paraxenylla) Murphy, 1965 Haloxenylla Gama & Deharveng, 1984 Type species Xenylla ( Paraxenylla ) mangle Murphy, 1965 Diagnosis of the genus (after Palacios-Vargas & Janssens 2006 , modified). Habitus of Xenylla . Length 0.36- 1.5 mm. Body with blue pigment. PAO absent. 5+5 eyes. Mouthparts strongly modified. Mandible head narrow and subparallel distally. Maxillary ungulum reduced. Labral chaetae 2, 4–7/5, 5, 4. Ant IV with four thickened S-chaetae, one S-microchaeta and one subapical organ, the apical bulb simple or trilobed. Empodial appendage absent. Furcula developed, mucro present. Tenaculum with 2-4 teeth on each ramus. Anus terminal, abdominal segment VI as a truncate cone. Anal spines absent.