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Lepidocyrtus (Fractocyrtus) Cipola & Bellini 2018

  • 1. Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, CPEN. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69067 - 375, Manaus, AM, Brazil. & Corresponding Author: Nikolas Gioia Cipola: nikolasgc @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7594 - 9574
  • 2. Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, CPEN. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69067 - 375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.

Description

Key to Lepidocyrtus (Fractocyrtus) species

1 Ant III sense organ finger-shape (Fig. 14A); interocular chaetotaxy with 2 scales and 3 chaetae (Fig. 14B); postlabial chaetotaxy with 1 or 2 spines (Fig. 14E); trochanteral organ with about 28 spine-like chaetae (Fig. 18D); Brazil ............... 2

- Ant III sense organ clubbed-shape (Fig. 7A); interocular chaetotaxy with 5 ciliate chaetae (Fig. 7B); postlabial chaetotaxy with 3 spines (Fig. 7E); trochanteral organ with about 34 spine-like chaetae (Fig. 11D); Colombia ......................... 3

2 Head depigmented, or if present, weakly on the side (Fig. 2); head An series with 11 mac and A series with 1 extra mac; collophore posteriorly with 19–28 chaetae and lateral flap with 7 ciliate chaetae; Central Amazon from Brazil (Fig. 19)........................................................................ L. (Fractocyrtus) amazonaensis nom. nov.

- Head anteriorly and laterally pigmented (Fig. 13); head An series with 15–16 mac and A series with 2 extra mac (Fig. 14B); collophore posteriorly with 43 chaetae and lateral flap with 8–11 ciliate chaetae (Fig. 18E); Occidental Amazon (Fig. 19)....................................................................... L. (Fractocyrtus) chicomendesi sp. nov.

3 Body depigmented, if present, only on Th II laterally and coxae (Fig. 6); head An series with 14–15 mac (Fig. 7B); cephalic groove with 7 chaetae (Fig. 7E); Abd III with 5 lateral mac and 27 chaetae on lateral tuft (Fig. 9A); collophore anteriorly with 34 chaetae, posteriorly with 36 chaetae and lateral flap with 18 ciliate and 8 smooth chaetae (Fig. 12A); Colombian Andes (Fig. 19).................................................................... L. (Fractocyrtus) andensis sp. nov.

- Head, Th II to Abd III completely pigmented; head An series with 13 mac; cephalic groove with 5 chaetae; Abd III with 3 lateral mac and 9 chaetae on lateral tuft; collophore anteriorly with 25 chaetae, posteriorly with 43 chaetae and lateral flap with 12 ciliate and 15 smooth chaetae; Colombian Amazon (Fig. 19)............................................................................................. L. (Fractocyrtus) mateosi Cipola & Bellini, 2018 (in Cipola et al. 2018b)

Notes

Published as part of Cipola, Nikolas Gioia & Viana, Stéphanie Dos Santos, 2023, Two new species of Lepidocyrtus (Fractocyrtus) Cipola & Bellini (Collembola Entomobryidae, Lepidocyrtinae), with new records and a new name for Lepidocyrtus (F.) americanus Cipola & Bellini, 2018, pp. 369-399 in Zootaxa 5369 (3) on page 395, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10151336

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References

  • Cipola, N. G., Morais, J. W. & Bellini, B. C. (2018 b) New subgenus and four species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Lepidocyrtinae) from Amazon. Insect systematics & Evolution, 50 (2), 189 - 234. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 1876312 X- 00002184