Two new species of Willowsia (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Yunnan Province, China

  • Rui Chai School of Life Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226000
  • Yitong Ma School of Life Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.311
Keywords: Entomobryinae, taxonomy, chaetotaxy, scales

Abstract

We describe two new species of Willowsia: W. baoshanensis sp. nov. and W. zhaotongensis sp. nov. This is the first report of Willowsia from Yunnan Province, China. W. baoshanensis sp. nov. is mainly characterized by its chaetotaxy, W. zhaotongensis sp. nov. by its color pattern and chaetotaxy.

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Published
2017-04-20
How to Cite
Chai, R., & Ma, Y. (2017). Two new species of Willowsia (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Yunnan Province, China. European Journal of Taxonomy, (311). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.311
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No. 311 (2017): Two new species of Willowsia (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Yunnan Province, China
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2017 Rui Chai, Yitong Ma

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