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Entomobrya Rondani 1861

Description

Genus Entomobrya Rondani, 1861

Diagnosis of Entomobrya. Body and appendages without scales, dorsal head and body macrochaetae present and abundant, head and trunk also densely covered with small ciliate chaetae, antennae with four segments, 8+8 eyes, mesonotum usually normal, rarely enlarged or projected forward, trochanteral organ present and well developed, Abd. IV enlarged, more than 2 times the length of Abd. III, dentes without spines, mucro with two teeth, basal spine present (adapted from Christiansen 1958, Stach 1963, Mari Mutt 1976, Christiansen & Bellinger 1980, Soto- Adames et al. 2008, Jordana 2012).

Notes

Published as part of Bellini, Bruno C., Cipola, Nikolas G. & Godeiro, Nerivânia N., 2015, New species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet and Entomobrya Rondani (Collembola: Entomobryoidea: Entomobryidae) from Brazil, pp. 227-242 in Zootaxa 4027 (2) on page 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/235815

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rondani
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Collembola
Family
Entomobryidae
Genus
Entomobrya
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 sec. Bellini, Cipola & Godeiro, 2015

References

  • Rondani, C. (1861) Entomobrya pro Degeeria Nic. Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus, 4, 1 - 40.
  • Christiansen, K. (1958) The Nearcitc members of the genus Entomobrya (Collembola). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 118 (7), 440 - 545.
  • Stach, J. (1963) The Apterygotan fauna of Poland in relation to the world-fauna of this group of insects. Tribe: Entomobryini. Polska Akademia Nauk, Krakow, 126 pp., pls. 43.
  • Mari Mutt, J. A. (1976) The Genera of Collembola (Insecta) in Puerto Rico: Keys, Diagnoses, and General Comments. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 60 (1), 113 - 128.
  • Christiansen, K. & Bellinger, P. (1980) The Collembola of North America. North of Rio Grande, A taxonomy Analysis, Grinnell College, Iowa, 1520 pp.
  • Jordana, R. (2012) Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola: Capbryinae & Entomobryini. Soil Organisms, 84 (1), 1 - 390.