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Four new species of Plumachaetas Salmon (Collembola: Entomobryoidea) from Oceania with comments on the genus and a key to species

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Author(s):
Oliveira, Fabio G. L. [1] ; Greenslade, Penelope [2, 3] ; Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante [4]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Lab Biol Comparada & Abelhas, Dept Biol, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[2] Federat Univ, Sch Life & Hlth Sci, Environm Management, Ballarat, Vic 3353 - Australia
[3] Australian Natl Univ, Sch Biol, Canberra, ACT 0200 - Australia
[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande Norte UFRN, Lab Collembola, Dept Bot & Zool, Ctr Biociencias, Rodovia BR 101, Campus Univ, BR-59072970 Natal, RN - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 4706, n. 1, p. 121-146, DEC 6 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Plumachaetas Salmon is a genus of Entomobryoidea with 11 valid species, all from Oceania. The genus is characterised by the presence of lanceolate scales, the subapical chaeta of the maxillary outer lobe thick and blunt, dental spines absent and a short mucro. In this paper we describe four new species of Plumachaetas from Oceania: P. belae sp. nov., P. loriensis sp. nov., P. mamuensis sp. nov. and P. wanangensis sp. nov. Plumachaetas belae sp. nov. and P. mamuensis sp. nov. are similar to each other, and to P. queenslandica (Schott) and P. yoshii Zhang \& Deharveng, but are unique in the combination of dorsal and labial chaetotaxy. Plumachaetas loriensis sp. nov. resembles P. halmaherae (Yoshii \& Suhardjono) and P. sunae Zhang \& Deharveng but differs in labial, dorsal chaetotaxy and unguiculus shape. Plumachaetas wanangensis sp. nov. is similar to other taxa bearing a mucro with four teeth, but presents a unique combination of macrochaetae on thoracic and abdominal segments. All species are arboreal and were collected in Malaise traps set in humid rainforests. A map of the geographic distribution and ecological remarks on the genus are provided and a key to species with a table summarising the main morphological features of all described taxa in the genus. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/26335-9 - Systematics of Paronellinae Börner, 1913 (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha: Paronellidae) with emphasis on the taxonomy of Trogolaphysa Mills, 1938
Grantee:Fábio Gonçalves de Lima Oliveira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 16/14847-3 - Systematics of Paronellinae Börner, 1913 (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha: Paronellidae)
Grantee:Fábio Gonçalves de Lima Oliveira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 11/09477-9 - Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of Neopasiphaeinae bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) using molecular and morphological data
Grantee:Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants