Two new species of Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from Minas Gerais, Brazil
J V L C Oliveira1,2, A S Ferreira3, D Zeppelini4,3
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia). Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Univ Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. jv_lemos@hotmail.com.br.
Neotropical Entomology
|May 14, 2020
Abstract:
Two new species of Collembola are described, full body chaetotaxy is given. Ptenothrix dalii sp. nov. and Seira pietata sp. nov. were originally found in metalogenic areas covered with transitional vegetation of savanna and forest in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Ptenothrix dalii sp. nov. is part of the "gracilis-group" of species, with large, blunt macrochaetae on head and body. Seira pietata sp. nov. is part of the "andensis-group" of species, lacking macrochaeta on abdominal segment I.


