A revision of the genus Lepidobrya Womersley (Collembola: Entomobryidae) based on morphology and sequence data of the genotype

The genus Lepidobrya Womersley, previously placed in Willowsiini, is re-diagnosed based on a redescription of the type species L. mawsoni (Tillyard) and its DNA barcode. Specimens possess narrow, pointed scales on the dens, two inner teeth on unguis, a truncate unguiculus with an outer tooth, a bide...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: Zhang, Feng, Greenslade, Penelope, Stevens, Mark
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Magnolia Press 2017
Subjects:
0608 Zoology
0603 Evolutionary Biology
Taxonomy
DNA barcode
Entomobryinae
Willowsiini
Chaetotaxy
Macquarie Island
Subantarctic
Online Access:http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/154599
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.2
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Summary:The genus Lepidobrya Womersley, previously placed in Willowsiini, is re-diagnosed based on a redescription of the type species L. mawsoni (Tillyard) and its DNA barcode. Specimens possess narrow, pointed scales on the dens, two inner teeth on unguis, a truncate unguiculus with an outer tooth, a bidentate mucro with a basal spine and ordinary tergal S-chaetae 2, 2 vertical bar 1, 2, 2, ?, 3, so belongs to the Entomobryinae. Its systematic position and relationships to other scaled Entomobryinae genera are discussed and comments are made on the distribution of the genus as well as on ecology.

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