Arrhopalites bellingeri Christiansen, 1966 : 51

Zeppelini, Douglas, 2006, The genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 (Collembola, Appendiciphora, Arrhopalitidae) in the Neotropical Region, with description of four new cave species from Brazil, Zootaxa 1124, pp. 1-40 : 35

Arrhopalites bellingeri Christiansen, 1966: 51 –52, figs. 35, 42, 51, 75, 98, 99.

Type locality: USA, Colorado, Schofield Pass.

Principalis ­group. Total length, 0.7 mm. Color dark reddish brown all over the body except intersegmental membranes and ventral surface, eyes 2 + 2. Posterior cephalic spines present. Ant. III not swollen basally. Ant. IV divided into seven subsegments. All ungues with a clear inner tooth, tunica present on hind unguis. All unguiculi with corner tooth, and apical filament exceeding the unguis tip. Dental chaetotaxy in table 3, ventral dental formula 3: 2: 1: 1. Anal valve chaetotaxy in table 2.

Biogeographic zone 8 and 24 a in the Neotropical region.