Vertagopus westerlundi (Reuter, 1898)

Potapov, Mikhail, Gulgenova, Ayuna & Babykina, Marina, 2016, Isotomidae (Collembola) of Buryat Republic. III. The genera Vertagopus and Agrenia, with a note on ' Claw index', Zootaxa 4088 (1), pp. 112-128 : 121

Vertagopus westerlundi (Reuter, 1898)

Fig. 24

Material examined. Buryat Republic: Dzerginsky Nature Reserve (N Buryatia), vicinities of Reserve station 81 km (upper flow of Barguzin River), at ridge of Balan-Tamur Range, northern slope, ca. 1500 m alt., 55.36062°N, 111.53727°E, thick lichens on talus, 09.ix.2012, coll. M.P. and A.G.

Distribution and ecology. It is distributed in Western Palearctic with only a few references from the Asiatic part (Martynova 1979, Babenko 2007). It was singly collected in the northern part of the Buryat Republic. This record is new for the area under study and is also the most eastern one for the species.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 24. Appearance and macrochaetotaxy of V. laricis (23) and V. westerlundi (24).