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Ceratophysella caucasica Martynova 1971

  • 1. The Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia.

Description

Ceratophysella caucasica Martynova, 1971

Material. 4 females, and 53 juveniles, ~120 ind. in ethanol, Russia, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Adylsu River valley, Kashkatash glacier foreland, 43.217998°N, 42.685711°E, 2300 m alt., pine forests, numerous on mushrooms, 16.07–3.08.2023, M. Antipova & A. Babenko leg; 6 females, and 43 juveniles, ~300 ind. in ethanol Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Dombai, 43.301551°N, 41.555444°E, ~ 2000 m alt., willow-birch forests, mushrooms, 15–25.07.2024, M. Antipova leg.

Remarks. The species possesses a noticeable feature, a spherical integumentary outgrowth on Abd. V, which relates it to C. stercoraria (Stach, 1963) from Central Asia. It is no coincidence that specimens from the vicinity of Sukhumi (Abkhazia) were initially identified by Martynova (1964) as C. stercoraria (Stach, 1963). Subsequently, based on this same material, it was described as C. caucasica (Martynova, 1971). According to Babenko et al. (1994), mixed populations of these two species were recorded from the Caucasus.

DNA material. GenBank under accession numbers PX505038, PX505039.

Notes

Published as part of Babenko, Anatoly & Antipova, Maria, 2025, Two new species of the springtail genus Ceratophysella Börner, 1932 from the Caucasus (Collembola: Hypogastruridae), pp. 391-408 in Zootaxa 5725 (3) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/17869437

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2023-08-03 , 2024-07-25
Verbatim event date
2023-08-03 , 2024-07-25
Scientific name authorship
Martynova
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Poduromorpha
Family
Hypogastruridae
Genus
Ceratophysella
Species
caucasica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ceratophysella caucasica Martynova, 1971 sec. Babenko & Antipova, 2025

References

  • Martynova, E. F. (1971) New species of springtails (Collembola) from mountain and steppe regions of the USSR. Revue d'Entomologie de l'URSS, 50 (3), 598-611. [in Russian]
  • Stach, J. (1963) Materialien zur Kenntnis der Collembolen Fauna Afghanistans. II Teil. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 8, 337-349.
  • Martynova, E. F. (1964) Taxonomy of some springtails (Collembola) of the European part of the USSR and the Caucasus. I. On the diagnostics of Ceratophysella species of the armata - denticulata group. Entomological Review, 43, 435-438.
  • Babenko, A. B., Chernova, N. M., Potapov, M. B. & Stebaeva, S. K. (1994) Collembola of Russia and adjacent countries: Hypogastruridae. Nauka, Moscow, 336 pp. [in Russian]