Title: Cave<i>Sinella</i>(Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China
Abstract: Abstract All nine Chinese cave Sinella species are reviewed; four of them from South China are new to science: Sinella lipsae sp. nov., Sinella longiantenna sp. nov., Sinella yunnanica sp. nov. and Sinella longiungula sp. nov. Some important characters, such as length of antennae, mucro, claw structure, chaetae on ventral side of the head and body chaetotaxy are discussed. Keywords: taxonomynew speciestroglobiteschaetotaxy Acknowledgements Thanks should be given to Josiane Lips for collecting these interesting cave species. The present study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2006FY120100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30771704, 40801096) and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris (short-term grant "Invited Researcher" and laboratory facilities for first author).
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-04-19
Language: en
Type: article
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