Entomobrya, , Rondani, 1861

Yitong Ma & Shidi Shi, 2018, Three new species of Entomobrya (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 419, pp. 1-21 : 18-19

Key to the Chinese species of the genus Entomobrya

1. Body yellowish without obvious blue patches or stripes …………………………………………2

– Body blue uniformly or with obvious blue patches or stripes ……………………………………3

2. Abd. I with 8̅10 mac ……………………………………………………………… E. dingi sp. nov.

– Abd. I with 4 mac ……………………………………………………… E. huangi Chen & Ma, 1998

3. Body blue uniformly except head ……………………………… E. griseoolivata (Packard, 1873)

– Body with obvious blue patches or stripes …………………………………………………………4

4. A broad transverse blue stripe present on Abd. III ……………………………………………5

– No broad transverse blue stripes present on Abd. III ……………………………………………9

5. No transverse blue stripes present on Th. III ……………… E. aino (Matsumura & Uchida, 1931)

– A transverse blue stripe present on Th. III ………………………………………………………6

6. Posterior half of Abd. IV dark blue …………………………………… E. dorsosignata Stach, 1963

– Posterior half of Abd. IV not wholly dark blue ……………………………………………………7

7. A pair of small patches present on anterior of Abd. IV …………… E. pekinensis Stach, 1963

– No pair of patches present on anterior of Abd. IV …………………………………………………8

8. A narrow blue stripe present on posterior margin of Th. II ……… E. corticalis (Nicolet, 1842)

– No stripes present on posterior margin of Th. II ………………………… E. imitabilis Stach, 1963

9. Longitudinal stripes present from Th. II to Abd. III ………………………………………………10

– No longitudinal stripes present from Th. II to Abd. III …………………………………………12

10. Th. II with 7–9 medio-medial mac …………………………………………… E. polychaeta sp. nov.

– Th. II with less than 7–9 medio-medial mac ………………………………………………………11

11. Four mac present on Abd. III centrally ……………… E. fjellbergi Baquero & Jordana, 2008

– Three mac present on Abd. III centrally …………… E. karlstetterae Baquero & Jordana, 2008

12. Abd. II with 3–4 central mac ………………………………………………………………………13

– Abd. II with 6–9 central mac ………………………………………………………………………15

13. Th. II with 2 medio-medial mac …………………………………… E. marginata (Tullberg, 1871)

– Th. II without medio-medial mac …………………………………………………………………14

14. Abd. III with 2 central mac ………………………… E. chungseensis Baquero & Jordana, 2008

– Abd. III with 4 central mac ………………………… E. mieheorum Baquero & Jordana, 2008

15. Th. II with a longitudinal stripe along midline ……………………………………………………16

– Th. II with no longitudinal stripe along midline ……………………………………………………17

16. Irregular patches present on Abd. I–III respectively … E. retingensis Baquero & Jordana, 2008

– No irregular patches present on Abd. I–III …………………………………… E. leviseta sp. nov

17. A pair of oblique stripes present on Abd. II laterally ……………… E. hortensis Stach, 1963

– No oblique stripes present on Abd. II laterally ………… E. cheni Baquero, Arbea & Jordana, 2010