Checklist of the Collembola: Key to the species of Tyrannoseira |
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.
Bruno Cavalcante Bellini,
Departamento de Botanica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
Douglas Zeppelini,
Laboratório de Sistemática de Collembola e Conservaçao, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Campus V, Joao Pessoa, PB ,Brazil
Frans Janssens,
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium
1(0). Preserved adult specimens pale white or pale yellow, body pigment restricted to eyespots............................ sex Preserved adult specimens with dark pigment covering the body. 2 |
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2(1). First pair of femora on males strongly enlarged, with approximately 14 spines coming out of a same point (fig.1).... ..................................................... raptora First pair of femora on males weakly enlarged, with approximately 8 spines coming out of a same point (fig.2)..... .............................................. bicolorcornuta |
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