Folsomia continentalis Potapov & Dunger, 2000

Potapov, Mikhail & Gulgenova, Ayuna, 2013, Isotomidae (Collembola) of Buryat Republic. II. A revision of the genus Folsomia, Zootaxa 3682 (2), pp. 305-330 : 312

Folsomia continentalis Potapov & Dunger, 2000

Discussion. A species of F. taimyrica complex (' quadrioculata ' group) which is defined by the combination of reduced ms formula (10/100), the presence of clear ocellus and the absence of median macrochaetae on Th.III. Specimens from Buryatia are paler than typical specimens ( Mongolia).

Distribution and ecology. In Buryatia, the species occurs in south areas (Selenga Low Plateau, Khamar Daban, Turka). It was described from Mongolia and recorded in Tuva and Chita region ( Stebaeva et al. 2001, Dunger & Potapov 2000), it may possibly occur further north as it was found in NE European part of Russia ( Babenko 2012) where it is obviously very rare. In Buryatia it inhabits dry larch forests and is common in the Zagansky Range ( Fig. 1 : loc. 3, 9, 15).

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FIGURE 1. The sampling sites in Buryatia: 1 – 2 — Vitim Plateau (1 — Konda Basin, 2 — Eravna Basin), 3 – 5 — Selenga Low Plateau (3 — Zagansky Range, 4 — vicinities of Schuch'ye Lake, 5 — vicinities of Karasinoye Lake), 6 – 8 — Barguzinsky Range (6 — Ust' - Barguzin, 7 — vicinities of Barguzin, 8 — upper flow of Barguzin River), 9 — Khamar-Daban Range, 10 — Tunkinskiye Gol'tsy Range, 11 — vicinities of Ulan-Ude, 12 — estuary of Selenga River, 13 — vicinities of Khorinsk, 14 — vicinities of Unnokent'evka, 15 –– Turka.