Pygmarrhopalites maestrazgoensis, Jordana, Rafael, Fadrique, Floren & Baquero, Enrique, 2012

Jordana, Rafael, Fadrique, Floren & Baquero, Enrique, 2012, The collembolan fauna of Maestrazgo caves (Teruel, Spain) with description of three new species, Zootaxa 3502, pp. 49-71 : 51

Cave Collembola of Maestrazgo region

Except three new species described in this paper, five other Collembola species were detected in the caves of Maestrazgo region ( Tab. 1). Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1836) was present in all caves sampled. Pseudosinella encrusae Gisin & da Gama, 1969, described originally from Forats d’Encrusa (Alfara de Carles, Tarragona, Spain) that is in 170 km distance from La Cija and El Sauco caves (Mosqueruela and Fortanete), second record of the species. For its proper identification the type material located at MHMG (Geneva) was studied.

Code Cave name Species Date (ymd) slide flask Total Te0 6 Sopero cave H. nitidus 20110506 2 - 2 Te0 1 Turcacho cave H. nitidus 20110605 1 1 2 Te0 2 Turcacho cave H. nitidus 20110422 1 6 7 Te0 3 Turcacho cave H. nitidus 20110124 1 31 32 T11 Turcacho cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20111202 3 - 3 T11 Turcacho cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20111202 - 12 12 T11 Turcacho cave H. nitidus 20111202 - 3 3 T11 Turcacho cave O. fadriquei Jordana & Baquero sp. nov. 20111202 1 3 4 T9 Turcacho cave H. nitidus 20111202 - 7 7 Te07-0 1 La Cija Cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20100402 1 - 1 Te07-0 2 La Cija Cave O. fadriquei Jordana & Baquero sp. nov. 20100402 1 2 3 Te08-0 1 La Cija Cave O. fadriquei Jordana & Baquero sp. nov. 20091114 1 10 11 Te08-0 2 La Cija Cave P. encrusae 20091114 1 1 2 Te0 9 La Cija Cave H. nitidus 20110519 1 - 1 Te10 La Cija Cave O. fadriquei Jordana & Baquero sp. nov. 20100527 1 - 1 T3 La Cija Cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20111111 1 5 6 T3 La Cija Cave O. fadriquei Jordana & Baquero sp. nov. 20111111 1 3 4 T4 La Cija Cave S. decemoculata 20111111 1 4 5 T4 La Cija Cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20111111 - 1 1 T10 La Cija Cave H. nitidus 20111112 - 12 12 T10 La Cija Cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20111112 1 6 7 T10 La Cija Cave M. minimus 20111112 1 - 1 T1 St. Victor Cave Protaphorura aconae 20111112 2 4 6 T1 St. Victor Cave H. nitidus 20111112 - 1 1 T1 St. Victor Cave O. fadriquei Jordana & Baquero sp. nov. 20111112 1 23 24 T1 St. Victor Cave P. maestrazgoensis sp. nov. 20111112 1 - 1 T1 St. Victor Cave P. cantavetulae sp. nov. 20111112 4 - 4 Te0 4 Sauco Cave P. encrusae 20110524 1 3 4 Te05-0 1 Sauco Cave H. nitidus 20090810 1 3 4 Te05-0 2 Sauco Cave P. encrusae 20090810 3 24 28 Te05-0 3 Sauco Cave S. decemoculata 20090810 3 8 11 Te05-0 4 Sauco Cave E. schoetti 20090810 1 1 Total 36 174 210 The references for P. encrusae from Navarra ( Ardanaz & Jordana 1986a, b) and Moncayo ( Arbea & Jordana, 1989) regions are based on misidentifications. Megalothorax minimus Willem, 1900 was found only in the La Cija Cave, whereas Protaphorura aconae Arbea & Jordana, 1994 only in the St. Victor Cave that is overall the second record of the species. Schaefferia decemoculata (Stach, 1939) (sensu: Thibaud 1970) was detected in La Cija and El Sauco caves. The four specimens observed under microscope had 4+4, 5+5 and 4+5 (two specimens) setae on dens respectively according to the variability noted by Thibaud et al. (2004).