Redescription and neotype designation of the Antarctic springtail Folsomotoma octooculata (Collembola: Isotomidae)

The growing interest in Antarctic collembolan species has led us to re-evaluate both the morphological and molecular aspects of different species adapted to the extreme Antarctic environment. The genus Folsomotoma includes nine species mainly distributed in Antarctic and subantarctic areas and a few...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: PIETRO PAOLO FANCIULLI, CHIARA LEO, PETER CONVEY, FRANCESCO FRATI, ANTONIO CARAPELLI
Other Authors: Fanciulli, PIETRO PAOLO, Leo, Chiara, Convey, Peter, Frati, Francesco, Carapelli, Antonio
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Antarctic Peninsula
taxonomy
chaetotaxy
identification key
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctic Springtail
Springtail
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1038887
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.11
https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4392.2.11
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Summary:The growing interest in Antarctic collembolan species has led us to re-evaluate both the morphological and molecular aspects of different species adapted to the extreme Antarctic environment. The genus Folsomotoma includes nine species mainly distributed in Antarctic and subantarctic areas and a few additionally from Australia and South America. We herein designate the neotype of Folsomotoma octooculata (Willem 1901) and redescribe its morphological characters with particular emphasis on the sensory and ordinary chaetotaxy. Furthermore, based on analyses of both our new and previously published morphological data for F. octooculata, we propose a systematic key of the species for the genus

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