Trogolaphysa vivieni ( Barra, 1969 )

Nguyen, Minh & Soto-Adames, Felipe N., 2018, Annotated checklist of Afrotropical Trogolaphysa Mills, 1938 (Hexapoda: Collembola: Paronellidae) and description of a new species from Madagascar, Zoosystema 40 (10), pp. 179-196 : 192

Trogolaphysa vivieni ( Barra, 1969)

Paronella (Microparonella) vivieni Barra, 1969: 189 , 207-212, fig. 6A-N (Ipassa, Gabon).

Lepidonella vivieni – Deharveng & Bedos 1995: 22.

Trogolaphysa vivieni – Soto-Adames & Bellini 2015: 337.

REMARKS

Like T. monomaculata , T. vivieni was originally described in Microparonella , transferred to Lepidonella by Deharveng & Bedos (1995) and moved to Trogolaphysa by Soto-Adames & Bellini (2015).

Trogolaphysa vivieni is characterized by a uniformly whitish body, with characteristic blue pigment on the basal half of antennomeres 2-3, all antennomere 4 and metathoracic trochanter; scales present on antennomeres 1-3 and on coxae, trochanter, and femur of all legs; tenet hair long and weakly spatulate; unguis with 3 inner teeth, paired teeth subequal; unguiculus lanceolate; dens with two rows of spines; mucro long, with 5 teeth, apical tooth much longer than all basal teeth.

This is the only white African species with dark blue pigment limited to the antennae and metatrochanter, and a five toothed mucro with a distinctly long apical tooth.