A new species of Dicranocentrus (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China with comments on the systematic position of the genus

Guo-Liang Xu; Feng Zhang

A new species of Dicranocentrus (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China with comments on the systematic position of the genus

2014

Guo-Liang Xu | Feng Zhang

Dicranocentrus liuae sp. n. is described from the northern subtropical region of China. The new species is most similar to D. wangi Ma & Chen, 2007, but differs from it in the relatively shorter Ant. V, the 1+1 central macrochaetae on Abd. III, the number of chaetae on tenaculum, and the absence of dental spines. The systematic position of Dicranocentrus is also discussed. Present evidence, particularly S-chaetotaxy, indicates that the genus is closer to Heteromurus than to the unscaled species of Orchesella and Orchesellides.

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