Uralaphorura liangshuiensis, Xie, Zhijing, Sun, Xin & Weiner, Wanda Maria, 2017

Xie, Zhijing, Sun, Xin & Weiner, Wanda Maria, 2017, A new species of Uralaphorura Martynova, 1978 from northeast China, with a key to world species of the genus (Collembola, Onychiuridae), ZooKeys 662, pp. 93-99 : 94-95

Uralaphorura liangshuiensis sp. n. Figs 1, 2

Material Examined.

Holotype female, China, Heilongjiang Province, Yichun City, Liangshui National Park (47°11'04"N, 128°53'00"E, alt. 347m), 18 June 2016, under moss on the dead-and-down wood, Xin Sun, Zhijing Xie, Wanda M. Weiner and Grzegorz Paśnik leg. Paratypes, 17 females and 9 males, same data as holotype.

The holotype and 23 paratypes (15 females and 8 males) are deposited in Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 3 paratypes (2 females and 1 male) in Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Diagnosis. Pso formulae 32/133/33332 dorsally and 0/000/0001(0) ventrally; psx only present ventrally, formula as 3/000/2210(1)00; subcoxae 1 of legs I–III with 1 pso and 1 psx each; AIIIO consists of four papillae, five guard chaetae, two small rods, and two granulated sensory clubs; 3+3 p-chaetae present between two medial pso posterior part of head; Abd.IV tergum with axial chaeta m0, Abd.V tergum without unpaired axial chaeta, Abd.VI tergum with axial chaetae a0 and m0; anal spines 0.7 times as long as inner edge of hind unguis.

Description.Body white in alcohol. Length of body 1.1-1.7 mm in females, 0.9-1.1 mm in males; holotype 1.6 mm. Shape of body cylindrical with anal spines on papillae. Anal spines 0.7 times as long as inner edge of hind unguis.

Pso formulae 32/133/33332 dorsally and 0/000/0001(0) ventrally (Figs 1A, G). Psx only present ventrally, formula as 3/000/2210(1)00 (Figs 1A, G). Two of all available specimens have 1+1 psx on ventral Abd. IV instead of 1+1 pso. Subcoxae 1 of legs I–III with 1 pso and 1 psx each. Psp formula 00/011/111100 dorsally and 00/111/0001m0 ventrally (Fig. 1A, G).

Head. Antennae as long as head. Length ratio of Ant. I: II: III: IV as approximately 1: 1.5: 1.5: 2.5. Subapical organite on Ant. IV with globular apex; basolateral ms above the second proximal row of chaetae (Fig. 1C).AIIIO consists of four papillae, five guard chaetae, two small rods, and two granulated sensory clubs (Fig. 1C); lateral ms just behind sensory organ. Ant. II with 17-18 chaetae. Ant. I with nine chaetae. Antennal base well marked. PAO with 16-20 simple or slightly bilobed vesicles arranged in two rows along axis of organ (Fig. 1F). Dorsal cephalic chaeta d0 present (Fig. 2B). On head 3+3 p-chaetae present between two medial pso posterior part of head, p1 anterior to others (Fig. 2B). Mandible with strong molar plate and four apical teeth. Maxilla bearing three teeth and six lamellae. Maxillary palp simple with one basal chaeta and two sublobal hairs (Fig. 1E). Labral chaetae 4/342 (Fig. 1E). Labium with six proximal, four basomedian (E, F, G, and f) and six basolateral (a, b, c, d, e, e’) chaetae (Figs 1B, 2A); labial type A, papillae A–E with 1, 4, 0, 3 and 3 guard chaetae respectively (Fig. 1B). 4+4 postlabial chaetae present along ventral groove (Fig. 2A).

Body chaetotaxy. S-chaetae not distinguishable from ordinary chaetae. Tiny and blunt ms present on both Th. II and III (Fig. 1A). Th. I tergum with 8 –10+8– 10 chaetae. Th. II–III terga with 3 –4+3– 4 chaetae along axial line respectively (Fig. 1A). Abd. I–III terga with 4+4 chaetae along axial line respectively (Fig. 1A). Abd. IV tergum with axial chaeta m0, Abd.V tergum without unpaired axial chaeta, Abd. VI tergum with axial chaetae a0 and m0 (Fig. 1A). Th. I–III sterna without chaetae.

Appendages. Subcoxae 1 of legs I–III with 4, 4 and 4 chaetae. Tibiotarsi of legs I, II and III with 22 (3, 8, 11), 23 (4, 8, 11) and 22 (4, 7, 11) chaetae (Fig. 2C, D, E).Unguis with teeth on inner edge. Unguiculus as long as inner edge of unguis, without inner basal lamella (Fig. 2C, D, E). Ventral tube with 7 –8+7– 8 distal chaetae and 1 –2+1– 2 basal chaetae, without anterior chaetae. Furca reduced to finely granulated area, with 4 small dental chaetae arranged in one row posteriorly; one manubrial row of chaetae present (Fig. 2G).

Female genital plate with 17-21 chaetae, males with 30-42 chaetae. Male ventral organ absent. Anal valves with numerous acuminate chaetae; each lateral valve with chaetae a0, 2a1, 2a2; upper valve with chaetae a0, 2b1, 2b2, c0, 2c1 and 2c2 (Fig. 2F).

Ecology.

Under moss on dead-and-down wood in the Korean pine forest.

Derivatio nominis.

Named for the national park in which the species was found.

Discussion.

The new species can easily be distinguished from all known congeners due to the unique number of dorsal and ventral pso. Thus, it shares the presence of ventral pso only with U. varicellata , but clearly differs from the latter in their number (0/000/0001(0) in the new species vs 2/000/0112 in U. varicellata ). Dorsal pso formula of the new species is most similar although not identical to that of U. tunguzica (32/133/33333 vs 32/133/33332 in U. liangshuiensis sp. n.). Existed differences in ventral psx formulae (3/000/2210(1)00 in the new species, 2/000/221200 in U. schilovi , 2/000/221100 in U. tunguzica , 2/000/210000 in U. varicellata , and 2/000/221200 in U. yanensis ) can also be used in separation of the known species (see also key below).

Key to the known species of the genus Uralaphorura