Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 52B(1-2) 2009

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VOL 52B(1-2) 2009

DOI:

10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.21-34

Keywords:

Collembola, Superodontella, new species, Ukraine

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Superodontella STACH, 1949 (Collembola, Odontellidae) of Ukraine: new species, comparative morphological analysis and distribution

• I. J. KAPRUS’

Abstract:

Three new species Superodontella andrzeji sp. n., S. rotunda sp. n. and S. tyverica sp. n. are described. Superodontella montemaceli ARBEA & WEINER, 1992 is redescribed based on Ukrainian material. These species differ in the number of sensilla on antennal segment IV, hr-chaetae on anal valves, ordinary chaetae on antennal segment II, head, thoracic terga II-III, abdominal sterna II-III and on tibiotarsi, in the shape of dental chaetae and in the chaetotaxy of labium. An identification key to nine Ukrainian species of the genus Superodontella is provided.