Checklist of the Collembola: Key to the species of Cryptonura |
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
Asghar Falahati,
Department of Plant Protection, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Dariusz Skarzynski,
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
1(0). Dorso-internal tubercle on first thoracic segment with 1 chaeta. ........................................................... 2 Dorso-internal tubercle on first thoracic segment with 2 chaetae..................................................... 5 2(1). Chaeta C on head absent; dorso-internal tubercle on fifth abdominal segment with 2 chaetae; mandible with 6 teeth....... ................................................ anthrenoidea Chaeta C on head present; dorso-internal tubercle on fifth abdominal segment with 3 chaetae; mandible with 3 teeth..... 3 3(2). Body colour bluish-gray; group vi of head with 6 chaetae; labral formula: 0/2, 2; dorsal tubercles triangular................ 4 Body colour white; group vi of head with 5 chaetae; labral formula: 4/2, 4; dorsal tubercles round............. jubilaria 4(3). Dorso-lateral tubercle on head with 5 chaetae; labrum distally ogival; dorso-internal tubercles on second and third thoracic segment with 2 chaetae................................ persica Dorso-lateral tubercle on head with 6 chaetae; labrum non-ogival; dorso-internal tubercles on second and third thoracic segment with 3 chaetae........................ maxima 5(1). Chaeta C on head absent; lateral tubercles on second to third abdominal segment with 4 chaetae.................. dirfysensis Chaeta C on head present; lateral tubercles on second to third abdominal segment with other number of chaetae.............. 6 6(5). Dorso-external tubercle on second thoracic segment with 3 chaetae; lateral tubercles on second to third abdominal segment with 3 chaetae.............................. kuehnelti Dorso-external tubercle on second thoracic segment with 4 chaetae; lateral tubercles on second to third abdominal segment with 2 chaetae................................. franzi