Arrhopalites harveyi Denis, 1933 : 285

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 : 28

Arrhopalites harveyi Denis, 1933: 285 –287, figs. 101–107.

Type locality: Costa Rica, Santa Rosa, Serrin Viejo.

( Fig. 13 A –K) Caecus ­group. Total length, 1.2 mm. Color white, eyes 1+1. Posterior cephalic spinelike setae present. Ant. III not swollen basally. Ant. IV divided into 6 ringed subsegments. All ungues with inner tooth, all unguiculi with clear corner tooth, apical filament absent in the third unguiculus. Dental chaetotaxy as shown in table 3, ventral dental formula 3: 2: 2: 1: 1. Anal valve chaetotaxy as in table 2, 3+2 cuticular spines present in each side of the anal valve.

Biogeographic zone 24a.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A. harveyi. A, fourth antennal segment; B, apical subsegment of fourth antennal segment; C, apical sensory organ of third antennal segment; D, body setae (a, anterior, b, posterior); E, ventral and dorsal chaetotaxy of the dens; F, mucro; G, metatrochanteral organ; H, tenaculum; I, anal valve chaetotaxy; J, posterior cephalic chaetotaxy; K, foot complex (a, first leg, b, second leg, c, third leg).