New records and new species of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryidae, Paronellidae) from lava tubes of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
Katz, Aron D.
Taylor, Steven J.
Soto-Adames, Felipe N.
Addison, Aaron
Hoese, Geoffrey B.
Sutton, Michael R.
Toulkeridis, Theofilos
Subterranean Biology
2016
17
77
120
3RSY
Collembola
Entomobryidae
Coecobrya
CoL
Animalia
Coecobrya
Entomobryomorpha
20
97
Arthropoda
genus
Taxon classification Animalia Collembola Entomobryidae
Remarks. A single juvenile male with 1+1 eyes was collected on the surface (Table 3) at Cueva Gallardo. Four species of Coecobryawith 1+1 eyes have been described ( Xu and Zhang 2015): Coecobrya boneti(Denis, 1948), Coecobrya indonesiensis(Chen & Deharveng, 1997), Coecobrya sanmingensisXu & Zhang, 2015, and Coecobrya tukmeasZhang, Deharveng & Chen, 2009. Our specimen is very similar to the four species listed above, but the combination of characters on the labial triangle, Abd. III, and unguiculus suggest our specimen represents an undescribed species. Unfortunately, a single juvenile is insufficient material on whichto base a new species description. However, this is the first record of the genus Coecobryafrom the GalapagosIslands.
Material examined. Ecuador, Galapagos, Santa Cruz Island: 1 juvenile ♂? on slide, Cueva Gallardo, leaf litter near entrance, 8.iii.2014 (S. Taylor and J. Jacoby), GLP-047, INHS Acc. 567,421. Figure 21. A Coecobryasp. A habitus (INHS Acc. 567,421) B Cyphoderus cf. agnotus, habitus.