Arrhopalites benitus (Folsom), 1896: 446

Zeppelini, Douglas, 2006, The genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 (Collembola, Appendiciphora, Arrhopalitidae) in the Neotropical Region, with description of four new cave species from Brazil, Zootaxa 1124, pp. 1-40 : 35

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.171788

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5616673

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scientific name

Arrhopalites benitus (Folsom), 1896: 446
status

 

Arrhopalites benitus (Folsom), 1896: 446 –450, pl. 10, fig. 5

Syn.: Smynthurus benitus Folsom, 1896: 446 .

Arrhopalites binoculatus sensu Mills, 1934 .

Arrhopalites sub­binoculatus Denis, 1933: 287 –288, figs. 108–112.

Type locality: USA, Massachussets, Arlington (Folsom). Costa Rica, Apaican ( A. subbinoculatus ).

( Fig. 17 A View FIGURE 17. A –K) Principalis ­group. Total length, 1.5 mm. Color white with traces of pigment over the dorsum and eyespots, eyes 1+1. Strong posterior cephalic spines present. Ant. III not swollen basally. Ant. IV divided into five subsegments. All ungues with a inner tooth, no tunica. All unguiculi with corner tooth, apical filament exceeding the unguis tip on fore and midle unguiculi. Dental chaetotaxy in table 3, ventral dental formula 3: 2: 1: 1. Anal valve chaetotaxy in table 2.

Biogeographic zone 8 and 24a in the Neotropical region.

Denis, J. R. (1933) Contributo alla conoscenza del microgenton di Costa Rica, III. Collemboles de Costa Rica avec une contribution au species de lordre (deuxieme note). Boll. Lab. Entomol. Agr. Portici. 27: 222 - 322.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 17. A. benitus. A, fourth antennal segment; B, apical subsegment of fourth antennal segment; C, apical sensory organ of third antennal segment; D, body setae (a, anterior, b, posterior); E, ventral and dorsal chaetotaxy of the dens; F, mucro; G, metatrochanteral organ; H, tenaculum; I, anal valve chaetotaxy; J, posterior cephalic chaetotaxy; K, foot complex (a, first leg, b, second leg, c, third leg).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Entognatha

Order

Collembola

SubOrder

Appendiciphora

Family

Arrhopalitidae

Genus

Arrhopalites

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Collembola

Order

Symphypleona

SubOrder

Appendiciphora

Family

Arrhopalitidae

Genus

Smynthurus