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TABLE 1 in A new canopy-dwelling species of the genus Alloscopus Börner (Collembola: Orchesellidae: Heteromurinae) from Mt. Makiling, Philippines

  • 1. Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.

Description

TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between the eight blind Alloscopus species.

Characters/speciesA. arborealis sp.nov.A. bannaensisA. deharvengiA. liuaeA. namtipA. tetracanthusA. thailandensisA. whitteni
Body length0.91–1.5131.41.61.61.61.71.7
Ant./head1.1–1.82.2?1.6522.2?1.5
Eye patchabsentpresentabsentpresentdark redabsent to reddish browndark reddark red
Pigmentationabsentorange pigmentsabsentabsent or with light pigment on eye patchabsentabsent?orange dots
Ant. IV apical pin chaetaabsentpresentpresentpresentabsentpresent or absentpresentabsent
PAO shapeirregularoverlappingirregularsemidividedsemidividedsemidividedovalsemidivided
Head chaetotaxy
An785?8(7)9?3?8
A5 (A0, A2–A5)5 (A0, A2–A3, A5–A6)5 (A0, A2–A5)5 (A0, A2–A3, A5–A6)4 (A0, A2–A4)4 (A0, A2–A4)5 (A0, A2–A5)5 (A0, A2–A5)
M1 (M1)3 (M1–M3)3 (M1–M3)3 (M1–M3)3 (M1–M3)3 (M1–M3)3 (M1–M3)3 (M1–M3)
S7 (S0–S1, S3 to S6, S6i)7 (S0, S1, S3–S5, S6i, S6)7 (S0, S1–S6, S6i)7 (S0, S1, S3 to S6, S6i)7 (S0, S1–S6, S6i)7 (S0, S1–S6, S6i)7 (S0, S1–S6, S6i)7 (S0, S1–S6, S6i)
Labial basisM1m2_e l1l2M1m2el1l2M1m2?eL1(l1)l2?M1m2rEl1(l2)M1(m1)m2rel1l2M1m2?el1l2M1m2rel1(l2)
Chaetae of PLQweakly serratedsmoothsmoothsmoothweakly serrated?smoothweakly serrated
Guards of labial papilla E55455?35
Spiniform labral papillae44442424
Th. II chaetotaxy (total mac)13+1312+1212+1212+1211+119–10+9–1012+1210+10
central mac6+6 (a5, m1–2, m4, m4i, m4p)6+6 (a5, m1–2, m4, m4p, m4i)6+6 (a5, m1–2, m4, m4p, m4i)6+6 (a5, m1–2, m4, m4p, m4i6+6 (a5, m2, m2i, m4, m4p, m4i)4–5+4–5 (a5, m2, m4, (m4p), m4i)6+6 (a5, m2, m2i, m4, m4p, m4i)5+5 (a5, m2, m4, m4p, m4i)
posterior mac7+7 (p1–3, p5, 1p, 2a, 3p)6+6 (p1–p3, p5, 1p, 1p2, p2e)6+6 (p1–3, p5, 1p, p2e)6+6 (p1–p3, p5, 1p, 1p2, p2e5+5 (p1–3, p2e, p5)4–5+4–5 (p1–2, (p3), p4–5)6+6 (p1–2, p4–6, 1p)5+5 (p1–3, p2e, p5)
Th. III chaetotaxy (total mac)8+88+86+6?7+77+76+6?7+77+7
central mac7+7 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5, and unnamed mac)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)6+6 (p1–3, p1a, a4–5)
lateral mac1+1 (a6)2+2 (a6, m6)?1+1 (a6)1+1 (a6)?1+1 (a6)1+1 (a6)
Lateral mac on Abd. III1(pm6)2(pm6, p6)2(pm6, p6)1(pm62(pm6, p6)2(pm6, p6)2(pm6, p6)2(pm6, p6)
Abd. IV chaetotaxy (total mac)6+67+7?5+56+6??6+6
central mac2+2 (A6, B5)2+2 (A6. B5)2+2 (?)2+2 (A6, B5)2+2 (A6, B5)2+2 (A6, B5)2+2 (?)2+2 (A6, B5)
lateral mac4+4 (E1, E3, F3, Ee10)5+5 (E3–E4, F1–F3)?3+3 (E3, F1, F3)4+4 (E1, E3–4, Ee)??4+4 (E1, E3–4, Ee)
Tergal ms (from Th. II–Abd. V)1,0,0,0,1,0,01,0,1,0,1,0,0?1,0,1,0,1,0,01,0,1,0,1,0,0??1,0,1,0,1,0,0
Tergal sens (from Th. II–Abd. V, elongated ones not included)2,2,1,3,3,4, 32,2,1,3,3,3?2,2,1,3,3,32,2,1,3,3,3??2,2,1,3,3,3
Ungual inner unpaired teeth00011-201–20
Smooth chaetae on tibiotarsi I-IIIabsentabsentpresentpresentabsentpresentabsentpresent
Smooth chaetae on trochanteral organ19–2219–321713–1825–32151512–20
Ventral tube chaetae
anterior face6–7+6–7 (4c, 2–3se)8–11?6–99+98+8?7–9+7–9
posterior face4–5 + 4–5 (2c, 2–3se)many?11–17s23 (20c, 3s)16?12s
lateral flap7+713–16?9–1512+12??11–12+11–12
Smooth chaetae on manubrium4+43+34+44+44+43+34+44+4
Smooth chaetae on lateral anal valves002102-303
Number of spines on dens5–85–63–53–54–64–73–64–6
Ecologycanopy and forest floorlitter or on leaves of forest floorhumus and mosseslittercaveleaf litter, forests, tea fieldleaf litter, soil, roots, tree barkcave
Australia, India, Thailand,
DistributionPhilippinesChinaPapua New GuineaChinaThailandMalaysia, Singapore, Indonesia,, Papua New Guinea and MicronesiaThailandThailand
Börner (1906); Mari-Mutt (1977,
SourcesThis paperZhang et al. (2020)Mari-Mutt (1985b); Cipola et al. (2016)Zhang et al. (2020)Jantarit & Sangsiri (2020)1982); Prabhoo (1971); Yoshii & Suhardjono (1989); Cipola et al. (2016)Mari-Mutt (1985b); Cipola et al. (2016)Jantarit & Sangsiri (2020)

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Notes

Published as part of Alviola, Marnelli S., Lucañas, Cristian C., Lit, Ireneo L., Soto-Adames, Felipe N. & Jantarit, Sopark, 2024, A new canopy-dwelling species of the genus Alloscopus Börner (Collembola: Orchesellidae: Heteromurinae) from Mt. Makiling, Philippines, pp. 290-292 in Zootaxa 5405 (2) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/10603474

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