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2018 , Vol. 43 >Issue 2: 169 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201815

Original Paper

Two new species and a new record species of genus Vitronura (Collembola: Neanuridae) from East China

  • Jigang Jiang ,
  • Hu Xia
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  • 1College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde 415000, Hunan, China; E-mail: jjgangnanjing@163.com 2College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China 3Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Health Production of Fisheries in Hunan Province

Online published: 2018-04-24

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The project was supported by the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province (Zoology), the Zoology Key Laboratory of Hunan Higher Education, Hunan University of Arts and Science, the Open Fund Project of Innovation Platform for University of Hunan Province (14k065), the Natural Science Fund of Hunan Province (2016JJ2091) and the Science Research Fund of Hunan University of Arts and Science (13ZD05)

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Abstract

Two new species of genus Vitronura, V. zhejiangensis sp. nov. and V. tianmua sp. nov., and a new record species for China, V. acuta Deharveng & Weiner, 1984, are reported from Zhejiang, China. V. zhejiangensis sp. nov. is characterized by following: mandible with 5 teeth; maxilla crochet-like; labrum distallynot ogival; labium with minute distal sensory organ(x); chaeta O on cephalic tubercle Fr present; tubercle Di on head independent and with 1 chaeta, tubercle De and Oc on head with 3 chaetae, respectively; claw without inner tooth. V. tianmua sp. nov. is characterized by following: mandible with 4 teeth; maxilla crochet-like; labium without minute distal sensory organ(x); chaeta O on cephalic tubercle Fr absent; tubercle Di on head independent and with 1 chaeta, tubercle De and Oc on head with 3 chaetae respectively; claw without inner tooth.

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Jigang Jiang , Hu Xia . Two new species and a new record species of genus Vitronura (Collembola: Neanuridae) from East China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2018 , 43(2) : 169 -177 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201815

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