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Collembola Poduromorpha from the Gambia (West Africa)
Author(s) -
Murphy D. H.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05216.x
Subject(s) - subgenus , chaetotaxy , genus , biology , character (mathematics) , tribe , taxon , zoology , botany , ecology , mathematics , anthropology , seta , geometry , sociology
Fifteen species are recorded, among which one subgenus, seven species and one “form” are described as new. The list comprises Xenylla crassipila sp. n. X. cf. yucatana Mills, X. (Paraxenylla) mangle subgen. et sp. n. Willemia brevispina Hüther, Onychiurus gambiarius sp. n. Tullbergia cf. foveta Bonet. T. occidafricana sp. n. Pseudanurida cf. bogoyawlensky Becker Friesea gigliolii sp. n. Brachystomella parvula forma divisa nov. B. contorta Denis, Pseudachorutes niloticus Wahlgren. Aethiopella tournieri Delmare, Arlesia delamarei sp. n., and Neanura (Bilobella) guineense sp. n. Body chaetotaxy in illustrated for all species where this has not previously been studied and in several cases represents the first published information on this character for the genus.