Neelus

Papáč, Vladimír, Lukić, Marko & Kováč, Ľubomír, 2016, Genus Neelus Folsom, 1896 (Hexapoda, Collembola) reveals its diversity in cave habitats: two new species from Croatia, Zootaxa 4088 (1) : 71

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:613D14BD-01D3-4649-A30F-8DF276CF3B23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631904

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D512281B-FFC3-6844-D0D8-FEE1FE74FD06

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scientific name

Neelus
status

 

Neelus sp. 1

New species is known from a single cave. A single specimen revealed several important differences in comparison to other congeners. Labral chaetae: a1 basally forked and apically serrated, a2 finely serrated; posterior part of abdomen with tertiary rods and ordinary chaetae; Ant. I with 2 chaetae; Ant. II with with 1 medial chaeta and 5 apical chaetae arranged in a whorl; unguis elongated; manubrium posteriorly with 4+4 chaetae; large thoracal field (s.f. 3) with secretory rod, 3 large curved internal spines arranged in triangle, 2 marginal external chaetae above the field, 3 anterior and 3 posterior lanceolate spines, below the field 1 strong pointed macrochaeta, anteriorly with 1 strong pointed macrochaeta.

Material examined. Croatia, Rijeka, Kostrena, Špilja u uvali Predpeć Cave, 1 ex. on slide (No. CLL 2879), 23.i.2011, leg. M. Lukić.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Entognatha

Order

Collembola

Family

Neelidae

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