Australonura sp.

Palacios-Vargas, José G. & Deharveng, Louis, 2014, First record of the genus Australonura Cassagnau 1980 (Collembola: Neanuridae) in the New World, with description of a new species from Paraguay, Zootaxa 3779 (1), pp. 33-47 : 42

Australonura sp.

This form or group of forms is very similar to and intermediate between A. limnophila and A. friasica , with chaetae Di2 present on Abd. V and chaeta Ocp absent on ocular tubercle. It has been collected in Southern regions of Argentina and Chile. More material is needed to evaluate the taxonomic status of these populations.

Material examined. Six specimens (one male and five females). Argentina: Neuquén Province: San Martín de los Andes: near Lago Lacar: arroyo Quilahuinto, 20/03/59, Delamare-Deboutteville leg (ARG-Pat111). Deposited in MNHN .

One subadult male. Chile: Region XII, Provincia Última Esperanza: Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Sendero Laguna Verde; young Nothofagus forest (burnt in 1985), rotten log, aspirator sampling, 02/02/07, D'Haese leg (C265). Deposited in MNHN.

One male and one female. Chile: Region XII, Provincia Magallanes: Reserva Nacional Magallanes, sector las Minas, West of Punta Arenas ; Nothofagus forest, under bark and rotten log, aspirator sampling, 06/02/07, D'Haese leg (C272b). Deposited in MNHN .

One male, one female, Argentina, Provincia Santa Cruz: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares: Lago Argentino, Península Magallanes, Northern border of Brazo Rico, Nothofagus forest, mosses, Berlese extraction, 16/11/05, D'Haese leg (A196). Deposited in MNHN .