Untangling the phylogeny of <i>Neanura</i> MacGillivray, 1893 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae): new species and evidence for monophyly in a taxonomically unstable family
Journal: The European Zoological Journal
Year: 2026

The genus Neanura MacGillivray, 1893 is a morphologically diverse member of Neanurinae, previously considered problematic in terms of its definition and phylogenetic stability. Based on material from the Caucasus and Crimea, we describe five new species: N. anophtalmica sp. nov., N. caucasica sp. nov., N. ghirkanica sp. nov., N. potapovi sp. nov. and N. taurica sp. nov. To test their phylogenetic placement, we analysed a morphological dataset of 36 neanurine species using both maximum parsimony