A new Caribbean species of Hylaeanura Arlé, 1966 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Pseudachorutinae)

Claudia M Ospina-Sánchez; José G Palacios-Vargas; Grizelle González

doi:10.3897/zookeys.961.47227

A new Caribbean species of Hylaeanura Arlé, 1966 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Pseudachorutinae)

Zookeys. 2020 Aug 19:961:31-39. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.961.47227. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Claudia M Ospina-Sánchez¹, José G Palacios-Vargas², Grizelle González¹

Affiliations

¹ USDA-FS, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Río Piedras, 00926-1119, Puerto Rico International Institute of Tropical Forestry Río Piedras Puerto Rico.
² Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México, D.F., México Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México Mexico.

Abstract

We here describe a new Collembola species, Hylaeanura emiliae sp. nov., from the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico. We describe H. emiliae sp. nov. as a distinct species based on the enlarged sensilla s3 in antennal segment IV, the absence of modified sensorial setae in abdominal segment IV and the presence of four setae on each dens. An updated key with illustrations for the identification of worldwide species of the genus is included.

Keywords: Island; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; subtropical forest; taxonomy.

Grants and funding

National Science Foundation Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) USDA Forest Service, as part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program US Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) Research and Development Unit