Pseudoparonella shibatai Yosii, 1960

Zhang, Feng & Deharveng, Louis, 2015, A revision of Pseudoparonella, Plumachaetas, Parachaetoceras and Lawrenceana (Collembola: Paronellidae), with description of three new species from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4058 (4), pp. 561-577 : 570

Pseudoparonella shibatai Yosii, 1960

Fig. 12

Type locality. Mont Koghis, New Caledonia.

Material examined. Four females on slides and many in alcohol, New Caledonia: Rivière Bleue, alt. 170 m, Malaise trap, 18.vii‒1.viii.1986, J. Chazeau leg. (# ρ7(20)ε5); 2 females on slides and many in alcohol, New Caledonia: Rivière Bleue, alt. 170 m, Malaise trap, 22.iv‒6.v.1987, L. Bonnet de Larbogne, J. Chazeau and S. Tillier leg. (# ρ7(9)ε5); 4 females on slides and 22 in alcohol, New Caledonia: Rivière Bleue, alt. 150 m, Malaise trap, 13‒20.viii.1987, L. Bonnet de Larbogne and S. Tillier leg. (# PFDHS (9)ε5, PFDHS (10)ε5). Three specimens on slides and 8 in alcohol in NJAU and others in MNHN.

Remarks. Ps. shibatai is unique in its pale body, which is constant in all populations examined without exhibiting any intermediate colour. It cannot be separated from other “colour pattern species” except by its constant colour and few tergal macrochaetae. A more comparison with Ps. griseocoerulea , particularly those pale forms, is discussed above.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 12. Habitus: 11, Pseudoparonella tanimbarica; 12, Pseudoparonella shibatai.