Revision of Palearctic Species of the Genus<i>Dimorphaphorura</i>(Collembola: Onychiuridae: Onychiurinae: Oligaphorurini) with Description of New Species
Journal: Journal of Insect Science
Year: 2014

In this paper, the Palearctic genus Dimorphaphorura Bagnall, 1949 (Collembola: Onychiuridae), is revised. The diagnosis of the genus is defined within the tribe Oligaphorurini based on the development of the furcal area, shape of furcal rudiment, and furcal chaetotaxy. Six new species are described: D. olenae sp. n. from Ukraine, D. inya sp. n., D. pseudoinya sp. n. , D. sibirica sp. n. , D. caucasica sp. n., and D. sophyae sp. n. from Russia. The type species of the genus, D. differens Bagnall,