A Highly Troglomorphic New Genus of Sminthuridae (Collembola, Symphypleona) from the Brazilian Semiarid Region [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary A new genus and species of cave springtail are herein described. The new species has a remarkable morphology, suggesting it evolved within caves, such as the appendages and chaetae elongation, loss of body pigments, and 5 + 5 eyes reduced ...
Bruno Bellini +2 more
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Revisiting Szeptyckitheca Betsch & Weiner (Collembola, Symphypleona, Sminthuridae): new species, updated diagnoses, and a key. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2023 Abstract 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.
Bellini BC +4 more
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The First Cavernicolous Species of <i>Arrhopalites</i> (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) from China and Its Phylogenetic Position. [PDF]
InsectsSimple Summary Arrhopalites beijingensis sp. nov., collected from Xianrendong Cave, Beijing, China, is described. Detailed illustrations of morphological features are provided, along with comparative remarks highlighting similarities and differences ...
Godeiro NN +4 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 B Resour, 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
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An updated checklist of Collembola in Taiwan, with DNA barcoding of Papirioidesjacobsoni Folsom, 1924 (Symphypleona, Dicyrtomidae). [PDF]
Zookeys, 2022 Abstract 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.
Cheng HJ, Janssens F, Chang CH.
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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 Abstract 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. Arrhopalitesbrevicornissp. nov.
Godeiro NN, Zhang F, Bellini BC.
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Two new species of Sminthurididae (Hexapoda, Collembola, Symphypleona) from Brazil with notes on Denisiella Folsom & Mills and Sphaeridia Linnaniemi. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2023 Abstract Two new species of Sminthurididae, Sphaeridiapiauiensis Medeiros & Bellini, sp. nov. and Denisiellapiracurucaensis Silva, Medeiros & Bellini, sp. nov. from Piaui state, Brazil, are herein described and illustrated. Sphaeridiapiauiensissp.
Medeiros GDS +4 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 +2 more
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Diversity, 2022 Collembola, commonly known as springtails, are important detritivores, abundant in leaf litter and soil globally. Springtails are wingless hexapods with many North American species having wide distributions ranging from as far as Alaska to Mexico.
Ernesto Recuero, Michael Caterino
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Diversity, 2022 The Sminthurididae family includes Symphypleona species highly adapted to courtship, with males exhibiting remarkable modifications on their antennae. Here we describe a new Neotropical genus and species of Sminthurididae from a Cerrado-Caatinga ecotonal
Bruno Bellini +2 more
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