Bagnallella douglasi (Mendonca, Queiroz & Silveira, 2015) Potapov & Deharveng & Janion-Scheepers, 2021

Potapov, Mikhail, Deharveng, Louis & Janion-Scheepers, Charlene, 2021, Taxonomy of the Proisotoma complex. VI. Rediscovery of the genus Bagnallella Salmon, 1951 and epitoky in Bagnallella davidi (Barra, 2001), comb. nov. from South Africa, ZooKeys 1072, pp. 185-204 : 185

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1072.71307
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:99A66CB2-FE4B-466C-B679-1B0589A50DFC
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0639924F-46AD-5937-8DDB-BC24B98846E2
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Bagnallella douglasi (Mendonca, Queiroz & Silveira, 2015)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Bagnallella douglasi (Mendonca, Queiroz & Silveira, 2015) comb. nov.

Proisotoma douglasi Mendonca, Queiroz & Silveira, 2015.

Discussion.

The species can be attributed to Bagnallella by the two key characters of the genus. It is characterized by 33/22235 s, 11/111 ms, bifurcate maxillary palp, long polychaetotic dens (34-35/14), and bidentate mucro. The presence of seven ocelli and 2+2 chaetae on anterior side of manubrium are two unique characters among members of the genus.

Distribution.

This species is currently only known from SE Brazil.