Denisiella Folsom & Mills, 1938

Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2007, A new species of Denisiella (Collembola: Sminthurididae) from Panama and new records for D. sexpinnata (Denis, 1938), Zootaxa 1637, pp. 63-68 : 64

Denisiella Folsom & Mills, 1938

Type species: Sminthurides seurati Denis, 1925

Diagnosis (after Betsch 1980). Sminthurididae lacking tibiotarsal organ, the male antennae highly modified; trichobothrial elements in antenna are Tra1, Tra2 on Ant. II; Tra3 on Ant. III. Modified setae b1 to b6 on the same tubercle on Ant. II; b 7 on Ant. II, setae c1 and c3 (c3 is a strong spine) well developed on Ant. III; Ant. IV simple in both sexes. Spines with serrations on tibiotarsus II of males and females, and sometimes also on the anal segments of the female; coxa III with setae and one spine. Four organs in shape of bladders on the basis of tibiotarsus I on the male. Mucro with two lamellae, the inner can be serrate.