Coletinia asymetrica Bach de Roca, Mendes & Gaju Ricart, 1985

Molero, Rafael, Bach, Carmen, Sendra, Alberto, Montagud, Sergio, Barranco, Pablo & Gaju, Miguel, 2013, <strong> Revision of the genus <em> Coletinia </ em> (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with descriptions of nine new species </ strong>, Zootaxa 3615 (1), pp. 1-60 : 43

Coletinia asymetrica Bach de Roca, Mendes & Gaju Ricart, 1985

Figs. 128–133

Studied material. No additional material for this species has been found since its original description, but for this revision some specimens belonging to the type series have been re-examined.

Descriptive remarks. This species is unique because of the configuration of the asymmetrical pedicellar apophyses in the male ( Figs. 128, 129 ); subadult specimens also exhibit this asymmetry, which distinguishes this species from C. herculea n. sp. and C. vergitana n. sp. Each tibiae has 2 dorsal, 1 lateral (sometimes absent) and 4 ventral spines. The posterior margin of the tenth urotergite of males is variable, straight in adult specimens ( Fig. 130 ) or concave in juveniles, and each posterolateral lobe of the urotergite possesses 4–6 sensory pegs. As in C. maggii , the posterior border of the tenth urotergite in the female is straight and the disc is devoid of setae, with only sparse setae near the margin of the urotergite ( Fig. 131 ). The eighth urosternite of males is protruding, convex and rounded posteriorly as in other asymmetric species ( Fig. 132 ). The subgenital plate of the female isas long as wide at its base ( Fig. 133 ) and has a rounded posterior border. The ovipositor long and the gonapophyses have a high number of divisions (33–35). More details about this species can be found in the original description ( Bach et al. 1985).

Figures

FIGURES 128–133. Coletinia asymetrica. Illustrations taken from Bach de Roca et al. (1985). 128. Left pedicellar apophysis of the male. 129. Right pedicellar apophysis of the male. 130. Urotergite X of the male. 131. Urotergite X of the female. 132. Urosternite VIII of the male. 133. Subgenital plate of the female. Scales: 0.1 mm.