Revalidation of Handschinia Stach, 1949 (Collembola, Neanuridae) with description of a new species from Brazil

Authors

  • Gabriel Costa Queiroz Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Maria Cleide de Mendonça Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

Pseudachorutinae, taxonomy, chaetotaxy, diversity, Neotropics

Abstract

The analysis of species of Arlesia Handschin, 1942 with 7+7 eyes revealed new characteristics, such as position and shape of guard S-chaetae of Ant III organ, mandible teeth number, number of chaetae on thorax I and mucro: dens ratio, which supported the revalidation of Handschinia Stach, 1949. Arlesia fluminensis (Arlé, 1939) and Arlesia proxima (Arlé, 1939) are formally transfered to Handschinia, H. fluminensis (Arlé, 1939) comb. nov. and H. proxima (Arlé, 1939) comb. nov., and a new species, Handschinia rauli sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Remarks on the genus Arlesia and Handschinia are made. The diagnosis of Handschinia is expanded.

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Published

2024-02-06

How to Cite

Queiroz, G. C., & Cleide de Mendonça, M. (2024). Revalidation of Handschinia Stach, 1949 (Collembola, Neanuridae) with description of a new species from Brazil . SOIL ORGANISMS, 86(3), 169–176. Retrieved from https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/402

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Vol. 86 No. 3 (2014)

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