identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03F4FB665D21AB5AFCE7FC31F8D0FAF9.text	03F4FB665D21AB5AFCE7FC31F8D0FAF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Isotomurus Borner 1903	<div><p>Genus Isotomurus Börner, 1903</p><p>Isotomurus punctiferus Yosii, 1963 (Fig. 2)</p><p>Material examined: 4 specimens on slides, 165 specimens in alcohol; India, Assam, Panbari Range, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=90.78001&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.623" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 90.78001/lat 26.623)">Kheerani Beat</a>, collected from leaf litter, 26°37’22.8’’N, 90°46’48’’E, 89.91 m a.s.l., (coll. Dilip Mondal) Reg. no- 3721/H14 .</p><p>Diagnosis: Body length averages 1.87 mm. Ground colour pale yellow with pigment in body. Segments of antennae gradually darken with bluish tones (Fig. 2A). Postero-dorsal region of the head with semi-lonershaped pigment patch. Anterior side of Th. II - Abd. V with pigmentation. Pre coxa, coxa and tita of each leg with comparatively dark in colour and faint blue/violet coloration respectively. Body with median longitudinal pigmentation from Th. II - Abd. II. The lateral part of each segment with blue/ violet pigmentation. From Abd. II - IV with small black spots in 3,3,1 pairs each spot represents bothriotricha (Fig. 2B), (Fig. 3A). Ventral tube with no such pigmentation. Antenna to head ratio as Ant .: Head -</p><p>5.8: 1. Antennal segment ratio as Ant . I: Ant . II: Ant . III: Ant . IV- 1: 1.4: 1.7: 1.8. Ant . III organs (Fig. 3B) consist of 1-2 sensory setae that emerge from shallow grooves. 8+8 ommatidia. Labral setae 5,5,4. PAO elliptical with a slight notch. Unguis with a pair of dorsal lateral teeth. No inner tooth is present. Tenaculum quadridentate, corpus having 6 setae. VT posteriorly 20-30 setae. Mucro quadridentate, third tooth with proximal lamella (Fig. 3C). Unguiculus outer lamella basally rounded (Fig. 3D). Abdominal segment ratio as Abd. I: Abd. II: Abd. III: Abd. IV: Abd. V: Abd. VI- 1: 1.6: 2.4: 2.3: 1.2: 1. Furcula approximately 3 mm in length.</p><p>Chaetotaxy: Mac and Mes smooth. S-formula as 5,5/5,5,6,8,6 (s). ms-formula as 1,1/1,1,0,0,0 (ms) (Fig. 4). Sensillum almost equal in size. All sensilla on Th. I</p><p>Isotomurus punctiferus Yosii, 1963 ( Collembola: Isotomidae), a new record to India with its taxonomic account and Th. II situated in p-row except ventrolateral sensilla comparatively anterior from posterior transverse row. Lateral sensilla on Abd. I in more anterior position. All sensilla on Abd. II and Abd. III on p-row. Two sensilla on Abd. IV in median transverse row and one sensilla in anterior transverse row, four sensilla in p-row. One sensilla on Abd. V in median transverse row and two sensilla in anterior transverse row, four sensilla on p-row.</p><p>Distribution in India: Assam (Manas National Park).</p><p>General distribution: Europe, South East Asia (Bellinger et al., 1996 -2024).</p><p>Remarks: The examined species has quadridentate mucro. Unguis without an inner tooth. Body median longitudinal pigmentation is not continuous, however, Yosii (1963) mentioned that the pigmentation is continuous.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F4FB665D21AB5AFCE7FC31F8D0FAF9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mazumdar, Souvik;Mandal, Pritha;Mandal, Guru Pada	Mazumdar, Souvik, Mandal, Pritha, Mandal, Guru Pada (2025): Isotomurus punctiferus Yosii, 1963 (Collembola: Isotomidae), a new record to India with its taxonomic account. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 125 (1): 19-24, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v125/i1/2025/172888, URL: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v125/i1/2025/172888
