Coecobrya

Xu, Guo-Liang, Yu, Dao-Yuan & Zhang, Feng, 2012, Two new species of Coecobrya (Collembola: Entomobryidae: Entomobryinae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species of the genus, Zootaxa 3399, pp. 61-68 : 68

Key to the nine Chinese species of Coecobrya

1. Eyes 3+3.............................................................................. C. mulun , Guangxi

- Eyes absent......................................................................................... 2

2. Manubrium with dorsal smooth chaetae ( Fig. 3 B)............................................................ 3

- Manubrium without dorsal smooth chaetae................................................................. 6

3. Tibiotarsus with rows of “smooth” differentiated chaetae...................................................... 4

- Tibiotarsus without rows of “smooth” differentiated chaetae.................................................... 5

4. Abd. I with 6+6 central mac; Th. II with 3+3 medio-medial mac........................... C. tenebricosa , worldwide

- Abd. I with 4(3)+4(3) central mac; Th. II with 1+1 medio-medial mac................... C. brevis sp. nov., Guangdong

5. Abd. IV with 3+3 central and 4+4 lateral mac............................................... C. oligoseta , Jiangsu

- Abd. IV with 4+4 central and 3+3 lateral mac ( Fig. 5 B)...................................... C. pani sp. nov., Jilin

6. Abd. III with 1+1 central mac ( Figs 2 C, 5A)............................................. C. communis , worldwide

- Abd. III with 2+2 central mac............................................................................ 7

7. Abd. IV with 5+5 central mac............................................................... C. huangi , Tibet

- Abd. IV with at least 7+7 central mac...................................................................... 8

8. Abd. IV with 7+7 central mac................................................... C. liui , Sichuan, Qinghai, Tibet

- Abd. IV with at least 8+8 central mac....................................................... C. tibetensis , Tibet

Figures

FIGURE 2. Coecobrya brevis sp. nov. A, chaetotaxy of Th. II; B, chaetotaxy of Th. III; C, abdominal chaetotaxy of Abd. I – III; D, chaetotaxy of Abd. IV; E – F, ventral tube chaetotaxy; E, anterior face; F, posterior face and lateral flap.

FIGURE 3. Coecobrya brevis sp. nov. A, chaetotaxy of Abd. V; B, lateral side of manubrium; C, mucro.

FIGURE 5. Coecobrya pani sp. nov. A – C, abdominal chaetotaxy. A, Abd. I – III; B, Abd. IV; C, Abd. V; D – E, ventral tube chaetotaxy; D, anterior face; E, posterior face; F, mucro.