Review of Lepidocyrtinus Börner, 1903 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae): the African species Cipola, Nikolas Gioia Morais, José Wellington De Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-24 4898 1 1 110 8ZNJT Cipola & Morais & Bellini, 2020 Cipola & Morais & Bellini 2020 [151,425,1302,1329] Collembola Entomobryidae Lepidocyrtinus CoL Animalia Entomobryomorpha 76 77 Arthropoda species andevo sp. nov.   Figs 55, 61–66, Tables 1and 5   Type Material.  Holotypefemale on slide (54085/ CAS): Madagascar, Toamasina, Ankeranamunicipality, 18°24’23”S, 048°48’09”E( Fig. 55), Montane forest,  1108 m,  19-24.i.2012, Malaise trap, BL Fishercoll. 15 paratypes: 3 males, 4 femalesand 1 juvenileon slides and 5 specimensin alcohol (54085/ CAS); 1 maleand 1 femaleon slides (54085/ CASdonated to INPA-CLL 000030), same data as holotype.   Diagnosis.Body with dark blue pigments all over Ant I–IV, Th II laterally and femur I–III ( Fig. 61); head mac A0, A2–3, A5, M1–2, S0–3and S5–6present; prelabral chaetae smooth; labial papilla E with l.p. conical and reduced ( Figs 62D–F); basolateral and basomedian labial fields with chaetae R(smaller than the others), L1–2ciliated and esmooth; Th II projected anteriorly and with 6–7 anterior, 8 median ( m1ip, m4–4ppresent, m4imac absent) and 9–11 posterior mac ( p2epabsent, p3as mac); Th III–Abd II with 9–10, 2–4, 3–4 central mac respectively; Abd IV with 10–12 central mac and 14–16 lateral mac ( Figs 63, 64B); unguis a.t. absent; unguiculus pelamella smooth and with a small proximal tooth ( Fig. 65E); collophore anteriorly with 9 spine-like chaetae and 4 ciliated chaetae apically acuminate, posteriorly with 10 spines, smooth chaeta present ( Fig. 66A); manubrium ventrally with 0/4 subapical chaetae; manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac abruptly acuminate at the apex; dens with 1–12 blunt mac, 3 apically bullet-like and up to 9 abruptly acuminate at the apex ( Figs 66B–C).   Description.Total length (head + trunk) of specimens 3.97–5.10 (n=4), holotype 5.10 mm. Specimens pale white with dark blue pigment on Ant I–IV, lateral Th II, anterior coxa III, trochanter and femur completely, lighter on tibiotarsus; eyepatches black ( Fig. 61). Scales present on Ant I to proximal one quarter of Ant IV, dorsal and ven-tral head, dorsal thorax and abdomen, legs (except empodia), anterior and posterior collophore, ventral and dorsal manubrium and dens ventrally. Head. Antennae subequal to trunk length ( Fig. 61); ratio antennae: trunk = 1: 0.96–1.14 (n=4), holotype1: 0.98; antennal segments ratio as I: II: III: IV = 1: 1.21–1.37: 1.18–1.47: 2.77–3.48, holotype1: 1.23: 1.18: 2.77. Ant IV annulated on distal three fourths, with apical bulb apically unilobed, bilobed or trilobed.Ant III not annulated, apical organ with 2 elongated rods, 3 spiny guard sens, s-blunt sens of different sizes and ciliated chaetae ( Fig. 62A). Ant I dorsally with 4 median mac surrounded by ciliated guard mic and 13 smooth mic at the base, without spines ( Fig. 62B). Eyes A and B larger, G and H smaller, others subequal, and with 5 ‘IO’ chaetae; head dorsal macrochaetotaxy with 15–16 An, 4 A, 3 M, 7 Sand 1 Psmac ( Fig. 62F). Clypeal formula with 6 ( l12, l1–2), 15 ( ft), 2 ( pf1) ciliated chaetae, l1larger than the others and apically acuminate, pf0absent, others subequal ( Fig. 62C). Prelabral chaetae smooth, sometimes bifurcated. Labral p0chaeta sometimes with median filament, p1larger than the others ( Fig. 62D). Labral papillae with two rounded projections, outer papillae absent. Maxillary palp with smooth t.a. and b.c. weakly ciliated, thicker and 1.39 longer than the t.a. Labial papilla E with l.p. conical and reduced ( Fig. 62E). Basolateral and basomedian labial fields with chaetae M1–2, R(smaller than the others), L1–2ciliated, esmooth. Ventral head with about 13 ciliated chaetae, postlabial formula with 4 ( G1–4), 3 ( H2–4), 4 ( J1–4) chaetae, H3sometimes thin and smaller, and 1 b.c. larger than the others surrounding the cephalic groove ( Fig. 62G).   FIGURE 61.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov., habitus of a specimen fixed in alcohol (lateral view). Scale bars: 1 mm.   FIGURE 62A–G.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov.: head; A, Ant III apical organ (lateral view); B, left Ant I chaetotaxy (dorsal side); C, clypeus chaetotaxy; D, chaetotaxy of prelabral and labral posterior row; E, labial papillae E (right side), arrow indicates l.p.; F, dorsal chaetotaxy (left side); G, complete postlabial chaetotaxy (right side).   FIGURE 63A–D.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov.: dorsal chaetotaxy; A, Th II; B, Th III; C, Abd I; D, Abd II.   FIGURE 64A–C.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov.: dorsal chaetotaxy; A, Abd III, B, Abd IV; C, Abd V. Thorax chaetotaxy ( Fig. 63A–B). Th II projected anteriorly, a, mand pseries with 6–7, 8 and 9–11 mac, respectively, and about 20 secondary psp. Th III a, mand pseries with 5–6, 1 and 7 mac, respectively, and about 10 secondary psp. Ratio Th II: III = 2.93–1.95: 1 (n=4), holotype2.93: 1. Abdomen chaetotaxy ( Figs 63C–D, 64A–C). Abd I a, mand pseries with 0–1, 2–3 and 0 mac, respectively, and about 5 secondary psp. Abd II a, mand pseries with 1, 3–4 and 0 mac, respectively, and about 11 secondary psp. Abd III a, mand pseries with 0, 3 and 1 mac, respectively, and about 16 secondary psp. Abd IV with 10–12 central mac on A–Tseries and 14–16 lateral mac on E–Feseries; about 11 secondary psp, at least 6 posterior sens ( pstype I, others type II) and 5 posterior mes. Abd V a, mand pseries with 1, 4 and 6 mac, respectively. Ratio Abd III: IV = 1: 6.65–4.78 (n= 4), holotype1: 4.78. Legs. Subcoxa I with 6 chaetae on a row, 12 anterior chaetae and 2 psp; subcoxa II with an anterior row of 17 chaetae, posterior row of 10 chaetae and 4 psp; subcoxa III with one row of 13 chaetae and 2 posterior psp ( Fig. 65A–C). Trochanteral organ with about 68 spine-like chaetae ( Fig. 65D). Tibiotarsus III sometimes subdivided on distal two thirds, outer side with 3 proximal large chaetae apically acuminate, inner side with 7 mac weakly ciliated. Unguis with 3 inner teeth, b.t. smaller than m.t., a.t. absent. Unguiculus with all lamellae smooth and acuminate, except pewith a small proximal tooth; ratio unguis: unguiculus = 1: 0.49. Tibiotarsal smooth chaeta 1.12 larger than unguiculus and tenent hair 0.51 smaller than unguis outer edge ( Fig. 65E).   FIGURE 65A–E.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov.: legs chaetotaxy; A–C, subcoxa I–III (outer side), respectively; D, trochanteral organ (inner side); E, distal tibiotarsus and empodial complex III (posterior side). Collophore. Anterior side with 20 chaetae, 9 proximal spine-like chaetae, 1 thin ciliated chaeta, 4 ciliated chaetae apically acuminate and 6 mac distally; posterior side with 28 chaetae (3 unpaired), 10 spines, 17 thin ciliated chaetae widely distributed and 1 smooth chaetae distally; lateral flap with about 88 chaetae, 11 smooth and 77 ciliated ( Fig. 66A).   FIGURE 66A–C.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov.: A, collophore chaetotaxy (lateral view); B, manubrium ventral chaetotaxy; C, chaetotaxy of the manubrial plate and proximal dens (lateral view). Furcula. Manubrium ventral formula with 0, 0, 0, 0/4 (subapical), 14–16 (apical) ciliated chaetae plus approximately 35 elongated apical scales per side ( Fig. 66B); manubrial plate with 2–3 blunt mac ciliated abruptly acumi-nate at apex, 17 ciliated chaetae of different sizes and 2 psp. Dorsal dens with one row of 1–12 blunt mac weakly ciliated, 3 proximal apically bullet-like and up to 9 abruptly acuminate at the apex, holotypewith 3+9 ( Fig. 66C).   Etymology. The epithet “andevo” is proposed to honor the black slaves that constituted about a third of the Merina society of Madagascarduring the 19th century.   Remarks.  Lepidocyrtinus andevo  sp. nov.resembles other species from Madagascar( Table 5). See the comparison among them in the remarks of  L. iegoi  sp. nov. 3009405305 2012-01-19 2012-01-24 2012-01-19 CAS BL Fisher Madagascar 1108 -18.40639 Montane forest 21 48.802498 Ankerana 76 77 INPA-CLL 000030 30 5 1 4 Toamasina holotype