Disparrhopalites patrizii (Cassagnau and Delamare, 1953)

Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo, Caruso, Domenico & Dallai, Romano, 2006, On some Collembola from a Sicily cave, with the description of a new species of Serroderus Delamare, 1948 (Collembola, Cyphoderidae), Journal of Natural History 40 (19 - 20), pp. 1241-1251 : 1243

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930600803241

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5227599

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scientific name

Disparrhopalites patrizii (Cassagnau and Delamare, 1953)
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Disparrhopalites patrizii (Cassagnau and Delamare, 1953) View in CoL

Material. Numerous individuals found in different sites of the cave.

Disparrhopalites patrizii View in CoL is a troglophilic species with a southwestern European distribution ( Bretfeld 1999). It has been collected both in open ( Dallai 1973; Schleuter 1985) and cave habitats ( Dallai and Malatesta 1982; Christian 1998; Bretfeld 1999). For many years the genus was believed to be monospecific with only one species ( D. patrizii View in CoL ) ( Dallai 1970); however, a new species, D. tergestinus View in CoL was recently described by Fanciulli et al. (2005), from a cave near Trieste (NE Italy). The two species can be easily separated from each other by means of some characters such as: the eye patch, that is absent in D. tergestinus View in CoL , and is present with eight ocelli in D. patrizii View in CoL ; the number of the subarticles of antennomere IV, that consists of 14 in D. tergestinus View in CoL but only 12 in D. patrizii View in CoL ; the shape of the hindfoot complex provided with an untoothed claw in D. tergestinus View in CoL and a toothed claw in D. patrizii View in CoL .

Bretfeld G. 1999. Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola. Volume 2, Symphypleona. Abhandlungen und Berichte Naturkundemuseum Gorlitz 71: 1 - 318.

Christian E. 1998. Die Fauna der Katakomben des Wiener Stephans-domes. Verhandlungen der Zoologisc- Botanischen Gesellschaft Osterreich 135: 41 - 60.

Dallai R. 1970. Ricerche sui Collemboli. IX. Contributo alla conoscenza di Disparrhopalites patrizii (Cassagnau e Delamare, 1953). Redia 52: 149 - 160.

Dallai R. 1973. Ricerche sui Collemboli. XVII. Le isole Eolie. Lavori della Societa Italiana di Biogeografia 3: 481 - 590.

Dallai R, Malatesta E. 1982. Collemboli cavernicoli italiani (Ricerche sui Collemboli XXVI). Lavori della Societa Italiana di Biogeografia 7: 173 - 194.

Fanciulli PP, Colla A, Dallai R. 2005. Disparrhopalites tergestinus (Collembola, Sminthuridae): a new cave species from northeastern Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology 72: 67 - 173.

Schleuter M. 1985. Zur Kenntnis der Collembolenfauna des Naturparkes Kottenforst-Ville: das Artenspektrum. Decheniana 138: 149 - 156.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Collembola

Order

Symphypleona

Family

Sminthuridae

Genus

Disparrhopalites