Two new species of Proisotoma Börner, 1901 from Southeastern Brazil (Collembola: Isotomidae)

Authors

  • Maria Cleide de Mendonça Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Gabriel Costa Queiroz Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Tatiana Cristina da Silveira Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25674/

Keywords:

Atlantic Forest, Biodiversity, Brazilian Páramos, Taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Proisotoma from different Biological Conservation Unities of southeastern Brazil are described: P. douglasi sp. nov., found in Parque Nacional de Itatiaia (Rio de Janeiro State) and P. copiosa sp. nov., from Sooretama Biological Reserve (Espírito Santo State). We observed a presence of spine chaetae on antennae of males and 2 chaetae inserted on papillae laterally on tibiotarsus III in males and females in P. copiosa sp. nov.

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Published

2015-04-01

Issue

Vol. 87 No. 1 (2015)

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ARTICLES

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Two new species of Proisotoma Börner, 1901 from Southeastern Brazil (Collembola: Isotomidae). (2015). Soil Organisms, 87(1), 51–60. https://doi.org/10.25674/