Published September 1, 2018 | Version v1
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Ceratophysella macrocantha Stach, 1946 (Collembola, Hypogastruridae): a redescription of a forgotten species from the Alps

  • 1. Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland. E-mail: dariusz.skarzynski@uwr.edu.pl

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Ceratophysella macrocantha Stach, 1946 is redescribed on the basis of a syntype specimen from the Austrian Alps which is here designated as the lectotype. This species has the chaetotaxy of the type B and an empodium with a long filament. It is closely related to nine species/forms, two of which, C. attenuata Gisin, 1960 nec Cassagnau, 1959 from the Swiss Alps and C. recta Cassagnau, 1959 from the Pyrenees, are most similar.

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