The First Cavernicolous Species of Arrhopalites (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) from China and Its Phylogenetic Position [PDF]
InsectsArrhopalites Börner, 1906 includes 40 valid species, with 20 considered troglobionts, exclusive to caves. Arrhopalites beijingensis sp. nov. is the third species from China and the first from a cave habitat, collected in the Xianrendong Cave, Beijing ...
Nerivania Nunes Godeiro +4 more
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A Highly Troglomorphic New Genus of Sminthuridae (Collembola, Symphypleona) from the Brazilian Semiarid Region [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Here, we describe the highly troglomorphic Troglobentosminthurus gen. nov. from Água Clara cave system, Caatinga domain, Bahia, Brazil. Troglobentosminthurus luridus gen. nov. sp. nov. has remarkably long antennae, legs and furca, and lacks body pigments,
Paolla Gabryelle Cavalcante de Souza +4 more
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Revisiting Szeptyckitheca Betsch & Weiner (Collembola, Symphypleona, Sminthuridae): new species, updated diagnoses, and a key [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 Szeptyckitheca Betsch & Weiner is a genus of Sphyrothecinae (Sminthuridae) similar to Sphyrotheca Börner, with 13 nominal species. Most descriptions of Szeptyckitheca taxa lack valuable data in face of the current taxonomy of Symphypleona.
Bruno Cavalcante Bellini +4 more
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An updated checklist of Collembola in Taiwan, with DNA barcoding of Papirioides jacobsoni Folsom, 1924 (Symphypleona, Dicyrtomidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 From urban green space to pristine forest, Collembola is one of the most numerous and species-rich members of the soil fauna around the world. However, due to lack of taxonomic expertise and research, its diversity is poorly understood, especially in ...
Hsin-Ju Cheng +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the springtail Allacma fusca, the internal phylogenetic relationships and gene order of Symphypleona [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 Symphypleona (sensu stricto) are a group of Collembola (=springtails) that, despite displaying some variation in gene order, have been poorly investigated under the phylomitogenomic perspective. How families and subfamilies of this taxon are evolutionary
Francesco Nardi +5 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2021 This article provides an annotated catalog of the Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola) of Iran based on published literature and specimens recently collected from three different ecosystems in North Khorasan province (Forest, Rangeland ...
Penelope Greenslade +1 more
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The genome sequence of the springtail Allacma fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Wellcome Open Research, 2023 We present a genome assembly from an individual male Allacma fusca (the springtail; Arthropoda; Collembola; Symphypleona; Sminthuridae). The genome sequence is 392.8 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules,
Jacintha Ellers +4 more
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The genome sequence of the springtail, Dicyrtomina minuta (O.Fabricius, 1783) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual female Dicyrtomina minuta (springtail; Arthropoda; Collembola; Symphypleona; Dicyrtomidae). The genome sequence is 582.0 megabases in span.
Christina N. Hodson +2 more
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Diversity of the Antimicrobial Peptide Genes in Collembola [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Multidrug-resistant bacteria are a current health crisis threatening the world’s population, and scientists are looking for new drugs to combat them. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are part of the organism’s innate immune system, are a promising ...
Goma Pradhan, Patamarerk Engsontia
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A new species of Arrhopalites Börner (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) from China, with a key to the Asian species of the caecus group [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 The second species of Arrhopalites from China is described and illustrated and an identification key to the Asian species of the caecus group is presented. Arrhopalites brevicornis sp. nov. is the eleventh species of the caecus group recorded in Asia and
Nerivania Nunes Godeiro +2 more
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