Arrhopalites benitus (Folsom), 1896: 446

Zeppelini, Douglas, 2006, The genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 (Collembola, Appendiciphora, Arrhopalitidae) in the Neotropical Region, with description of four new cave species from Brazil, Zootaxa 1124, pp. 1-40 : 35

Arrhopalites benitus (Folsom), 1896: 446 –450, pl. 10, fig. 5

Syn.: Smynthurus benitus Folsom, 1896: 446 .

Arrhopalites binoculatus sensu Mills, 1934 .

Arrhopalites sub­binoculatus Denis, 1933: 287 –288, figs. 108–112.

Type locality: USA, Massachussets, Arlington (Folsom). Costa Rica, Apaican ( A. subbinoculatus ).

( Fig. 17 A –K) Principalis ­group. Total length, 1.5 mm. Color white with traces of pigment over the dorsum and eyespots, eyes 1+1. Strong posterior cephalic spines present. Ant. III not swollen basally. Ant. IV divided into five subsegments. All ungues with a inner tooth, no tunica. All unguiculi with corner tooth, apical filament exceeding the unguis tip on fore and midle unguiculi. Dental chaetotaxy in table 3, ventral dental formula 3: 2: 1: 1. Anal valve chaetotaxy in table 2.

Biogeographic zone 8 and 24a in the Neotropical region.

Figures

FIGURE 17. A. benitus. A, fourth antennal segment; B, apical subsegment of fourth antennal segment; C, apical sensory organ of third antennal segment; D, body setae (a, anterior, b, posterior); E, ventral and dorsal chaetotaxy of the dens; F, mucro; G, metatrochanteral organ; H, tenaculum; I, anal valve chaetotaxy; J, posterior cephalic chaetotaxy; K, foot complex (a, first leg, b, second leg, c, third leg).