Redescription and neotype designation of the Antarctic springtail Folsomotoma octooculata (Collembola: Isotomidae)

Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo; Leo, Chiara; Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Frati, Francesco; Carapelli, Antonio. 2018 Redescription and neotype designation of the Antarctic springtail Folsomotoma octooculata (Collembola: Isotomidae). Zootaxa, 4392 (2). 392-400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.11

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)

Official URL: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4...

Abstract/Summary

The growing interest in Antarctic collembolan species has led us to re-evaluate both the morphological and molecular aspects of different species adapted to the extreme Antarctic environment. The genus Folsomotoma includes nine species mainly distributed in Antarctic and subantarctic areas and a few additionally from Australia and South America. We herein designate the neotype of Folsomotoma octooculata (Willem 1901) and redescribe its morphological characters with particular emphasis on the sensory and ordinary chaetotaxy. Furthermore, based on analyses of both our new and previously published morphological data for F. octooculata, we propose a systematic key of the species for the genus.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.11
ISSN:	11755326
Additional Keywords:	Collembola, Antarctic Peninsula, taxonomy, chaetotaxy, identification key
Date made live:	13 Mar 2018 09:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519194

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.11

ISSN:

11755326

Additional Keywords:

Collembola, Antarctic Peninsula, taxonomy, chaetotaxy, identification key

Date made live:

13 Mar 2018 09:30 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519194