Eur. J. Entomol. 103 (3): 673-677, 2006 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.087
Review of the genus Vibronychiurus (Collembola: Onychiuridae), with a description of two new species
- Institute of Zoology, Wroc³aw University, Sienkiewicza 21, Pl-50-335 Wroc³aw, Poland; e-mail: onychus@biol.uni.wroc.pl
A new diagnosis of Vibronychiurus Pomorski, 1998 is given. V. archivari (Christiansen, 1956) comb. n. and V. hermonicus (Gruia, Poliakov & Broza, 2000) stat. & comb. n. are redescribed on the basis of the types and new specimens. Two new species are described: V. aestimabilis sp. n. from Khakasiya (Russia) and V. caucasicus sp. n. from Caucasus (Russia). A key to the species Vibronychiurus is provided.
Keywords: Collembola, Onychiuridae, Vibronychiurus, Palearctic, new species, new combination, diagnosis, key
Received: October 11, 2005; Accepted: January 2, 2006; Published: July 3, 2006 Show citation
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