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Title: A highly troglomorphic new genus of sminthuridae (Collembola, Symphypleona) from the brazilian semiarid region
Keywords: Neotropical Region - New species
Sminthurinae
Sminthuroidea
Temeritas-group
Região neotropical - Novas espécies
Publisher: MDPI
Citation: SOUZA, P. G. C. de et al. A highly troglomorphic new genus of sminthuridae (Collembola, Symphypleona) from the brazilian semiarid region. Insects, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 7, 650, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/insects13070650.
Abstract: Here, we describe the highly troglomorphic Troglobentosminthurus gen. nov. from Água Clara cave system, Caatinga domain, Bahia, Brazil. Troglobentosminthurus luridus gen. nov. sp. nov. has remarkably long antennae, legs and furca, and lacks body pigments, except for small orange eye patches which also show a reduction in the number of eyes (5 + 5) and lens sizes. The overall morphology of the genus, with long and highly sub-segmented antennae, resembles other Sminthurinae of the Temeritas-group, especially Temeritas Richards and Galeriella Ćurčić and Lučić. However, it is unique, especially in the combination of the number of antennae IV subsegments and eyes, frontal head chaetotaxy and empodial complex morphology. Two type specimens have remnants of a mite and another specimen from the new species in their gut contents, supporting the species may be occasional predators and even cannibals. We also provide identification keys and comparative tables to the subfamilies of Sminthuridae and the Temeritas-group of genera.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/55391
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