Pseudosinella zaragozana Arbea, 2006

Benito, José Carlos Simón & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2007, New species of Pseudosinella (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Iberian Peninsula, Zootaxa 1479 (1), pp. 9-19 : 9-10

Pseudosinella zaragozana Arbea, 2006

Figs. 1–5

Material examined. Spain, Madrid. Loeches. UTM: 30TVK67, 17.xii.1992: sample C: 1830, (three specimens, one male, 2 females) from soil of Quercus faginea ; sample C: 1842 (one male) from soil of Quercus coccifera .

Redescription. Length: 1.2 mm. Body without pigment, 3+3 eyes with pigment, two anterior ocelli of the same size, the posterior one 0.75 smaller ( Fig. 4 ). Antenna without pigment, 1.55 as long as head. Ratio of Ant. I:II:III:IV as 14:32:30:55, second and third antennal segments subequal. Labial formula: M1 M2 rEL1 L2, all ciliated, except r which is a microseta ( Fig. 2 ).

Dorsal macroseta formula: R011/10/0201+2.Chaetotaxy of Abd. II: -aB Q1 q2, ( Figs. 5 ). Without accessory seta “s” on Abd. IV, ( Fig. 1–3 ). Tibiotarsus with capitate tenent hair. Unguis with an internal median tooth, located about 69% from base to tip of the internal side of unguis, and a basal pair of teeth, one of them almost twice as the large as the other, and located at 50% of internal side of unguis and the other is more distal and smaller located about 62,5%. Empodium lanceolate and approximately half the length of unguis. Legs without scales (Fig. A). Ventral tube with 7+7 seta and 2+ 2 in the median posterior region. Retinaculum with 4+4 teeth and no seta at the base. Mucro bidentate and with one seta on its base.

Remarks. This species was recently described by Arbea (2006) from Zaragoza province, this is the first record since its description.

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Pseudosinella zaragozana Arbea: 1, unguis III; 2, labium; 3, chaetotaxy of Abd. IV; 4, eyes; 5,chaetotaxy of Abd. II.