Vertagopus asiaticus Potapov, Gulgenova & Babykina, 2016, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Potapov, Mikhail, Gulgenova, Ayuna, Babykina, Marina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Entognatha; Collembola; Isotomidae; Vertagopus; Vertagopus asiaticus; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6053504; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/256B931EFFC4FFACFF3A4A4DFEC3FD7C

Vertagopus asiaticus sp. nov. Figs 9–17, 19, 20, 21, 27 Type material. Holotype, NW Buryat Republic, at northern shore of Baikal Lake, ca. 25 km west from Severobaikal'sk, Goudjekit, 55.71031°N, 109.03793°E, larch forest, ca. 600 m. alt., rotten wood, 20.viii.2013, coll. A. Gulgenova and M. Potapov (MSPU). Paratypes, 10 specimens on slides and 10 specimens in alcohol, ibidem (MSPU and BSU). Other material. Buryat Republic: NW Buryatia, Barguzinsky Range, ca. 10 km W Barguzin, upper flow of Gremyachaya Brook, ca. 1400 m alt., subalpine belt, mosses and lichens on wind erosion areas, 20.viii.2008, coll. M.P. and A.G.; N Buryat Republic, Dzergynsky Nature Reserve, upper flow of Barguzin River, at "81 km" Station, 1076 m alt., 55.34881°N, 111.49967°E, larch wood in river valley, in rotten wood, under bark of larch tree and in litter, 10–12.ix.2012, coll. A.G. and M.P.; NW Buryat Republic, northern shore of Baikal Lake, Goudjekit, larch forest, ca. 600 m. alt., rotten wood, 20.viii.2013, coll. A.G. and M.P.; Ibidem, lake nearby Goudjekit, ca. 700 m alt., Sphagnum at water edge, 16.viii.2013, coll. A.G. and M.P.; Ibidem, Akulikan Stream, ca. 700 m alt., mosses on river bank, 15.viii.2013, coll. M.P. and A.G.; Ibidem, mosses at bank of Goudjekit River, 15.viii.2013, coll. M.P. and A.G.; S Buryat Republic, at Zagansky Range, Arshan, SE slope, 985 m alt., 50.81451°N, 107.78026°E, larchbirch forest, under bark, 20.viii.2011, coll. A.G. & L.V.; E Buryat Republic, Eravninsky District, nearby Telemba, larch forest, rotten wood and under looser bark, 15.viii.2008, coll. M.P.; S Buryat Republic, Dzidinsky District, nearby Borgoi, grass meadow in depression, soil; ibidem, under bark of dead larch tree. 1.viii.2014, coll. M.P. Russia: Irkutskaya Region: W Khamar-Daban Range, Slyudyanka River, taiga belt, under looser bark of poplar-tree, 25.viii.2008, coll. M.P.; Irkutsk, botanic garden, under bark, 01.ix.2008, coll. V. Kadnikov. Russia: Ural: Middle Ural Mts., Sverdlovskaya Region, nearby Revda, impact zone of copper ...