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Blasconura Cassagnau 1983

  • 1. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nakamachi 3327 - 204, Nara 631 - 8505, Japan.
  • 2. Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nakamachi 3327 - 204, Nara, 631 - 8505, Japan. & hayasaka @ nara. kindai. ac. jp; awayotou @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4108 - 7101
  • 3. Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nakamachi 3327 - 204, Nara, 631 - 8505, Japan. & tsawahata @ nara. kindai. ac. jp;

Description

Key to Blasconura modified from Bedos & Deharveng (2000)

1 Cephalic tubercles An and Fr fused....................................................................... 2

- Cephalic tubercles An and Fr separated................................................................... 8

2 Cephalic chaeta O absent............................................................................... 3

- Cephalic chaeta O present.............................................................................. 6

3 Unguis without inner tooth, 2 tubercles Di on head close to each other................... B. triangulum sp. nov. (Japan)

- Unguis with inner tooth, 2 tubercles Di on head distinctly separate.............................................. 4

4 Ant. I with 7 chaetae, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 1, 2, 2/2, 2, 2, 2, 2.......................................................................................... B. batai Bedos & Deharveng, 2000 (Vietnam)

- Ant. I with 9 chaetae, tubercle Di of Abd. V with 3 chaetae.................................................... 5

5 Macrochaeta palmate, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 1, 3, 3/2, 2, 2, 2, 3................................................................................... B. hirtella (Börner, 1906) (South and Southeast Asia)

- Macrochaeta smooth, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 2, 4, 4/3, 3, 3, 3, 3..................................................................................................... B. toda Cassagnau, 1988 (Inde)

6 Ant. I with 8 chaetae, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 1, 3, 3/2, 2, 2, 2, 2–3........................................................................................... B. ceylonica Cassagnau, 1988 (Sri Lanka)

- Ant. I with 7 chaetae, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 1, 3, 4/4, 4, 4, 3, 3.......................... 7

7 Macrochaeta strongly serrated, chaeta Ocm about 6–7 times longer than anterior eye diameter................................................................................................. B. sholica Cassagnau, 1988 (Inde)

- Macrochaeta weekly serrated, chaeta Ocm about 3–4 times longer than anterior eye diameter................................................................................................. B. prabhooi Cassagnau, 1988 (Inde)

8 Chaeta O on head absent............................................................................... 9

- Chaeta O on head present............................................................................. 10

9 Tubercles An and Cl fused, tubercle De of Th. III with 5 (4+s) chaetae, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 1, 3, 3/2, 2, 2, 2, 3.................................................................... B. cordis sp. nov. (Japan)

- Tubercles An and Cl separated, tubercle De of Th. III with 4 (3+s) chaetae, Chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 1, 2, 2/2, 2, 2, 2, 3..................................................... B. anamalensis Cassagnau, 1988 (Inde)

10 Chaeta O on tubercle An, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 2, 3, 3/3, 3, 3, 3, 3.............................................................................................. B. palniensis Cassagnau, 1988 (Inde)

- Chaeta O on tubercle Fr, chaetae formula of tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. V as 3, 3, 3/2, 2, 2, 2, 2................................................................................................ B. separata (Denis, 1934) (Vietnam)

Notes

Published as part of Kasai, Hiro, Hayasaka, Daisuke & Sawahata, Takuo, 2022, First report of the genera Paralobella and Blasconura (Collembola: Neanuridae Neanurinae) from Japan with the description of three new species, pp. 332-349 in Zootaxa 5168 (3) on page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6882863

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Neanuridae
Genus
Blasconura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Poduromorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Cassagnau
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Blasconura Cassagnau, 1983 sec. Kasai, Hayasaka & Sawahata, 2022

References

  • Bedos, A. & Deharveng, L. (2000) Un nouveau Collembole Neanurinae du Sud du Vietnam, Blasconura batai sp. n., avec une cle des especes du genre (Collembola: Neanuridae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 107, 351 - 357. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 80134
  • Borner, C. (1906) Das System der Collembolen, nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturihistorischen Museums. Mitteilungen aus den Naturhistorichen Museum in Hamburg, 23, 147 - 188.
  • Cassagnau, P. (1988) Les Collemboles Neanurinae des Massifs du sud de L'Inde et de Ceylan. Travaux du Laboratoire d'ecobiologie des Arthropodes Edaphiques, Toulouse, 5 (4), 21 - 51.
  • Denis, J. R. (1934) Collemboles d'Indochine recoltes par C. N. Dawydoff (1 ere Note preliminaire) (Achorutini). Bulletin de la societe entomologique de France, 8, 117 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 1934.14714