Two new species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet s. lat. (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China

  • Yitong Ma School of Life Sciences, Natong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.565
Keywords: Lepidocyrtinae, taxonomy, chaetotaxy, southern China

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 from southern China are described here: L. (Acrocyrtus) huizhouensis sp. nov. from Guangdong Province and L. (Setogaster) wanningensis sp. nov. from Hainan Province. Lepidocytus (Acrocyrtus) huizhouensis sp. nov. is the fourth species of the subgenus reported from China and L. (Setogaster) wanningensis sp. nov. is the first report of the subgenus from China.

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https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12100

Published
2019-10-14
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Ma, Y. (2019). Two new species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet s. lat. (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China. European Journal of Taxonomy, (565). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.565
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No. 565 (2019): Two new species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet s. lat. (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China
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