Thalassaphorura

Yan, Haijuan, Shi, Shidi & Chen, Jianxiu, 2006, A new species of the genus Thalassaphorura from East China (Collembola: Onychiuridae), Zootaxa 1369, pp. 35-41 : 36

Key to the Chinese species of the genus Thalassaphorura

1 Antennal base with 4 pseudocelli ....................................................................... tamurai

­ Antennal base with 3 pseudocelli.................................................................................. 2

2 Th. III with 1+1 pseudocelli ......................................................................... dinghuensis

­ Th. III with 3+3 pseudocelli.......................................................................................... 3

3 Ant. IV with sensory setae ..................................................................................... yodai

­ Ant. IV without sensory setae ....................................................................................... 4

4 Abd. V with 2+2 dorsal pseudocelli; ventral tube with 9+9 or 10+10 setae ... orientalis

­ Abd. V with 3+3 dorsal pseudocelli; ventral tube with 6+6 setae .... qixiaensis sp. nov.