Pedonides alcochetensis n. g. n. sp. (Insecta, Collembola, Sminthurididae) with two clasping organs from the mainland of Portugal

Authors

  • Gerhard Bretfeld

Keywords:

Male secondary sexual characteristics, soil habitat

Abstract

A male of the family Sminthurididae is described, which was found in a soil sample from Portugal, near Lisbon. This male not only has clasping antennae but the legs II are also modified for clasping. Because of this uncommon characteristic and of the special shapes of the antennal setae, a new genus and a new species are created for this male.

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References

Bretfeld, G. (1999): Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola (W. Dunger, ed.), Vol. II, Symphypleona. – Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 71(1): 1–318.

Bretfeld, G. & J. I. Arbea (2000): Navarrella apicalis, a new genus and species of the monophylum Bourletiellidae from northern Spain (Insecta, Collembola, Bourletiellidae). – Senckenbergiana biologica 80: 127–133.

Sousa, J. P., M. M. da Gama, C. Pinto, A. Keating, F. Calhôa, M. Lemos, C. Castro, T. Luz, P. Leitão & S. Dias (2004): Effects of land-use on Collembola diversity patterns in a Mediterranean landscape. – Pedobiologia 48: 609–622.

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Published

2010-12-01

Issue

Vol. 82 No. 3 (2010)

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Pedonides alcochetensis n. g. n. sp. (Insecta, Collembola, Sminthurididae) with two clasping organs from the mainland of Portugal. (2010). Soil Organisms, 82(3), 317. https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/235