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Arlea , Womersley 1939

Description

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ARLEA WOMERSLEY, 1939

1. Two pairs of ocelli present........................................................................................................................... 2

— Ocelli absent............................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Mucro falcate; all setae smooth.................................................................................. A. lucifuga (Arlé, 1939)

— Mucro falciform with additional small ventral tooth; macrosetae strongly barbed......................................................................................................................................................... A. spinisetis Mendonça & Arlé, 1987

3. Anterior face of manubrium with 1 + 1 setae................................................................................................ 4

— Anterior face of manubrium with 4 + 4 or 5 + 5 setae................................................................................... 7

4. Dens with at least 20 posterior setae.............................................. A. arenicola Abrantes & Mendonça, 2005

— Dens with 17 or fewer posterior setae.......................................................................................................... 5

5. Dens with 10 posterior setae; all Abd. V sensilla conspicuous, plump................................................................................................................................................... A. adetolai Mendonça, Abrantes & Fernandes, 2006

— Dens with at least 15 posterior setae; Abd. V sensilla slender....................................................................... 6

6. Dorsal sensilla of Abd. I-III in middle setal row; Ant. IV with seven prominent sensilla; posterior face of manubrium with 26 setae....................................................................................................... A. judithnajtae n. sp.

— Dorsal sensilla of Abd. I-III in posterior setal row; Ant. IV with 8-9 prominent sensilla; posterior face of manubrium with 18 setae............................................... A. psammophila Mendonça, Abrantes & Fernandes, 2006

7. Anterior face of manubrium with 4 + 4 setae; Ant. IV with five prominent sensilla....... A. tridens Barra, 1997

— Anterior face of manubrium with 5 + 5 setae; Ant. IV with seven prominent sensilla........................................................................................................................................................ A. caeca Rapoport & Rubio, 1968

Notes

Published as part of Bernard, Ernest C., 2017, Arlea judithnajtae n. sp. (Collembola: Isotomidae), a temperate North American member of a Gondwanan genus, pp. 87-93 in Zoosystema 39 (1) on page 92, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n1a10, http://zenodo.org/record/5130867

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Isotomidae
Genus
Arlea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Collembola
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
, Womersley
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Arlea , 1939 sec. Bernard, 2017

References

  • WOMERSLEY H. 1939. - Primitive insects of South Australia. Adelaide, Government Printer, 322 p.
  • ARLE R. 1939. - Collemboles nouveaux de Rio de Janeiro. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 11: 25 - 32.
  • MENDONCA C. DE & ARLE R. 1987. - Nova especies Brasileira de Arlea Womersley, 1939 (Collembola, Isotomidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro Zoologia Supplement 315: 1 - 7.
  • ABRANTES E. A. & MENDONCA M. C. DE. 2005. - Uma nova especie de Arlea Womersley do sudeste do Brasil (Collembola, Isotomidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22: 936 - 939. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81752005000400020
  • MENDONCA M. C. DE, ABRANTES E. A. & FERNANDES L. H. 2006. - Novas especies de Arlea do sudeste do Brasil (Collembola, Isotomidae). Iheringia, Serie Zoologia 96: 57 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0073 - 47212006000100009
  • BARRA J. - A. 1997. - Nouveaux Collemboles Entomobryomorphes des sables littoraux (partie terrestre) de la Province du Natal (Rep. Sud Africaine) (Insecta: Collembola). Journal of African Zoology 111: 465 - 480.
  • RAPOPORT E. H. & RUBIO I. 1968. - Fauna Colembologica de Chile II. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 6 (1): 52 - 67.