A Highly Troglomorphic New Genus of Sminthuridae (Collembola, Symphypleona) from the Brazilian Semiarid Region
Journal: Insects
Year: 2022

Here, we describe the highly troglomorphic <i>Troglobentosminthurus</i> gen. nov. from Água Clara cave system, Caatinga domain, Bahia, Brazil. <i>Troglobentosminthurus luridus</i> gen. nov. sp. nov. has remarkably long antennae, legs and furca, and lacks body pigments, except for small orange eye patches which also show a reduction in the number of eyes (5 + 5) and lens sizes. The overall morphology of the genus, with long and highly sub-segmented antennae, resembles other Sminthurinae of the <i