http://www.collembola.org/key/balknura.htm - Last updated on 2024.10.31 by Frans Janssens
Checklist of the Collembola: Key to the species of Balkanura

This key is still under construction. Note that missing figures will be provided as soon as possible. Currently, the key is in the feasibility study phase to find out how to integrate in the checklist in a modular way a key that has been generated with DELTA.

Adrian Smolis, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, Wroclaw University, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
Frans Janssens, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium

Rationale

The rationale for taxa used and not used as well as subtaxonomic classification for some taxa is to be provided.

Key

Note that no distinction between subtaxa and taxa is made in the key. 

1(0). Tubercle (di + de) on head with 2 chaetae; tubercles di on
        fourth abdominal segment separate........................... 2
      Tubercle (di + de) on head with 4 chaetae; tubercles di on
        fourth abdominal segment fused along midline...... jugoslawica
 
2(1). Tubercle de on first thoracic segment with 1 chaeta; tubercle l
        on fourth abdominal segment with 4 chaetae; chaetae c, e on
        head absent......................................... cainadasi
      Tubercle de on first thoracic segment with 2 chaetae; tubercle l
        on fourth abdominal segment with 6 chaetae; chaetae c, e on
        head present.......................................... wiktori

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