Mesaphorura yosii ( Rusek, 1967 )

Silveira, Tatiana Cristina Da & Mendonça, Maria Cleide De, 2020, Collembola Poduromorpha from two littoral areas of northern Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Zootaxa 4885 (2), pp. 207-220 : 214-215

Mesaphorura yosii ( Rusek, 1967)

Tullbergia (Mesaphorura) yosiii Rusek, 1967: 191

Material examined: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park , sand beach and litter of “restinga” areas; Silveira, T.C. coll. 08/IV/2015 : 7 exs; 14/ V /2015: 8 exs; 19/ VI /2015: 6 exs; N° 2752 CM / MNRJ, 1 ex; N° 2759 CM / MNRJ, 4 exs; N° 2760 CM / MNRJ, 2 exs; 09/VII/2015 : 23 exs; 08/X/2015: 20 exs; Xisto , T. coll. 12/ XI/2015 : 37 exs; Silveira , T.C. coll. 10/XII/2015 : 42 exs; 12/II/2016: 5 exs. Costa do Sol State Park , sand beach and litter of “restinga” areas; Silveira, T.C. coll. 30/IV/2015 : 25 exs; 22/ V /2015: 1 ex; 30/ VI /2015: 32 exs; 23/VII/2015: 5 exs; 20/VIII/2015: 1 ex; 16/XI/2015: 14 exs; 01/XII/2015: 13 exs.

Remarks: Mesaphorura yosii is a generalist species that is the focus of several taxonomic and ecological studies. Its global distribution in littoral areas includes records from the Lesser Antilles ( Thibaud 1993), Cuba (Thibaud 1994), South Korea ( Thibaud & Lee 1994), New Caledonia ( Thibaud & Weiner 1997), Mexico ( Thibaud & Palacios-Vargas 2001), and Madagascar ( Thibaud 2015). In Rio de Janeiro, its occurrence was observed in “Restingas” de Itaipuaçu, Maricá, and Marambaia ( Fernandes & Mendonça 2004; 2007; Silveira 2014). This species occurred in both parks of the present study.