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Arrhopalites caecus Tullberg

Description

Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg), 1871: 146.

Syn.: Sminthurus caecus Tullberg, 1871: 146. Arrhopalites coecus Joseph, 1882 nec Tullberg, 1871. Sminthurus carniolicus Dalla Torre, 1895.

Smynthurus banitus Folsom, 1896.

Sminthurinus caecus (Tullberg), Börner, 1901. Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg), Börner, 1906.

Type locality: North Europe, under flower pots in houses. Types unknown.

(Fig. 12 A –K) Caecus ­group. Total length, 0.8–1.0 mm. Color white, eyes 1+1. Cephalic spinelike setae present. Ant. III not swollen basally. Ant. IV undivided. All ungues with inner tooth and a weak tunica, all unguiculi with corner tooth and apical filament. Dental chaetotaxy as shown in table 3, medial ve1 strongly spinelike, ventral dental formula 3: 2: 1: 1: 1. Anal valve chaetotaxy as in table 2, 2+2 cuticular spines present in each side of the anal valve. Biogeographic zone 24a in Neotropical region.

Other

Published as part of Zeppelini, Douglas, 2006, The genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 (Collembola, Appendiciphora, Arrhopalitidae) in the Neotropical Region, with description of four new cave species from Brazil, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1124 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171788

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Arrhopalitidae
Genus
Arrhopalites
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Collembola
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Tullberg
Species
caecus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871) sec. Zeppelini, 2006

References

  • Borner, C. (1906) Das System der Collembolen nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Mitteilungen aus den Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 23, 147 - 188.