Published December 31, 2010 | Version v1
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Folsomia bisetosa

Description

Key to species of Folsomia bisetosa -complex

1 Microsensillar formula 10/100. 4 prelabral chaetae..................................................................................................... 2

- Microsensillar formula 10/000. 2 or 3 prelabral chaetae............................................................................................. 4

2 PAO larger than Ant.I width. Males present .............................................................. F. mofettophila sp.nov. (Czechia)

- PAO smaller than Ant.I width. Males absent................................................................................................................ 3

3 Distal transversal row on posterior side of manubrium with 3+3 chaetae (chaeta ml1 present). Fewer than 20 common chaetae positioned medially than lateral sensilla on ventrum of Abd. II................................................................................................................................ F. kuznetsovae Potapov & Taskaeva, 2009 (Eastern Europe, not in Arctic)

- Normally 2+2 chaetae in distal transversal row on posterior side of manubrium (chaeta ml1 absent). More than 20 common chaetae positioned medially than lateral sensilla on ventrum of Abd. II......................................................... ....................................................................... F. bisetosa Gisin, 1953 (Europe (only in Arctic), Asia and N America)

4 Two prelabral chaetae. 2+2 chaetae in distal transversal row on posterior side of manubrium (chaeta ml1 absent)..... .................................................................................................. F. cryptophila Potapov & Babenko, 2000 (N Siberia)

- Three prelabral chaetae. 3+3 chaetae in distal transversal row on posterior side of manubrium (chaeta ml1 absent). Littoral species................................................ F. bisetosella Fjellberg, 2005 (European coasts of Northern Atlantic)

Notes

Published as part of Schulz, Hans-Jürgen & Potapov, Mikhail B., 2010, A new species of Folsomia from mofette fields of the Northwest Czechia (Collembola, Isotomidae), pp. 60-64 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196869

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Isotomidae
Genus
Folsomia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Collembola
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
bisetosa
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Potapov, M. & Taskaeva, A. (2009) Analysis of vicarious species Folsomia kuznetsovae sp. n. and F. bisetosa Gisin (Collembola: Isotomidae). Russian Entomological Journal, 18 (1), 1 - 6.
  • Gisin, H. (1953) Collembola from Jan Mayen Island, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 228 - 234.
  • Potapov, M. & Babenko, A. (2000) Species of the genus Folsomia (Collembola: Isotomidae) of northern Asia. European Journal Entomology, 97, 51 - 74.
  • Fjellberg, A. (2005) Folsomia bisetosella n. sp. A new species of Collembola (Isotomidae) from Greenland and Northern Europe. Norwegian Journal Entomology, 52, 111 - 113.