Eosentomon nupri Nakamura

Nakamura, Osami, 2010, Taxonomic revision of the family Eosentomidae (Hexapoda: Protura) from Japan 2701, Zootaxa 2701, pp. 1-109 : 78-80

Eosentomon nupri Nakamura

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Eosentomon nupri Nakamura, 1983b: 596 , figs. 1–3.

Specimens examined. Holotype female, NSMT – Ap 66, Mt. Sapporo –dake, Sapporo –shi, Hokkaido, 1100m elevation, 19-IX-1979, O. Nakamura leg. Paratype: one female, Mt. Muine –yama, Sapporo –shi, Hokkaido, 820 m elevation, 9-X-1979, O. Nakamura leg. ; 1 male, Sapporo –dake, Sapporo –shi, Hokkaido, 1100 m elevation, 13-VI-1979 , 2 females, same locality, 12-X-1979, O. Nakamura leg.

Additions to description. On head, setae pa and m4 present, seta aa absent, sensilla as and ps present ( Fig. 45A); seta sp 1.6 times longer than p; sensilla pp rudimentary. Labral setae present ( Fig. 45B). Seta rs simple, as long as sr ( Fig. 45B). On maxillary palpus ( Fig. 45C) sensillum md longer than ml. On galea ( Fig. 45D) digits small and similar to each other. Mandible distally rounded ( Fig. 45E). On hind tarsus ( Fig. 45F) D2 thin spine-like; D4 spine-like, but more slender than D5. Tracheal camerae long and slender ( Fig. 45G). Central lobe weak and incised ( Fig. 45H). Laterostigmata II–IV distinct, without inner structure. On thoracic tergite II ( Fig. 45I) P1a sensillum-like, at same level with P1–P2 and nearer to P2 than to P1; P2a seta-like, slightly nearer to P2 than to P3. On thoracic tergite III ( Fig. 45J) P1a seta-like, at halfway between P1 and P2, at the same level with P1–2; P2a seta-like, nearer to P2 than to P3. On abdominal tergite VIII ( Fig. 45K) P1a' without basal dilatation and anterior to P2; P2a linear.

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).