Mesaphorura yosii ( Rusek, 1967 )

Gao, Yan & Bu, Yun, 2022, New species and records of Tullbergiidae (Collembola, Poduromorpha) from Xinjiang province, Northwest China, Zootaxa 5092 (5), pp. 531-544 : 541

Mesaphorura yosii ( Rusek, 1967)

Material examined. 5 females (slide Nos. XJ-2016022–XJ-2016023), Northwest China, Xinjiang Province, Aletai City , Buerjin County, Kanasi Lake , 48°40’ N 87°01’E, elev. 1300 m, soil samples from broad-leaf forest, 24-VIII- 2016 ; 24 females (slide Nos. XJ-2016026–XJ-2016032), Northwest China, Xinjiang Province, Aletai City , Habahe County, 48°04’ N 86°20’E, elev. 470 m, soil samples from broad-leaf forest, 27-VIII-2016 ; 5 females (slide Nos. XJ-2016034–XJ-2016037, XJ-2016045), Northwest China, Xinjiang Province, Bole City , Hariturege Park , 45°08’N 81°46’E, elev. 1125 m, soil samples from the forest of Populus euphratica , 31-VIII-2016 , all specimens are collected by Cheng-Wang Huang.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. In China the species was found in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang, and for the first time in Xinjiang in this paper.