Hesperentomon Price 1960
Creators: name: Qian, Chang-Yuan
name: Bu, Yun
name: Luan, Yun-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Protura
Hesperentomidae
Hesperentomon

description: Key to species of genus Hesperentomon Price, 1960 (updated from Shrubovych, 2010)
1 Foretarsus lacking sensillum b'-2 ......................................................................... 2
- Foretarsus with sensillum b'-2 ............................................................................ 3
2 Accessory setae P1a and P2a present on urotergites I–VII........................................... H. macswaini
- Accessory seta P2a lacking on urotergites I–VI.................................................... H. dianicum
3 Accessory setae P1a and P2a present on nota and urotergites I–VII.............................................. 4
- Accessory setae P1a and P2a lacking on some nota and urotergites I–VII......................................... 5
4 Foretarsal sensillum b longer than c, urosternites VIII and IX with Pc- seta, mesonotum with P5a' ......... H. septemsetum
- Foretarsal sensilla b and c of equal length, urosternites VIII and IX without Pc- seta, mesonotum lacking P5a’ ...................................................................................................... H. martynovae
5 Seta P2a lacking on nota II–III........................................................................... 6
- Seta P2a present on nota II–III........................................................................... 7
6 Meso- and metasternum with 4 and 6 A -setae, respectively, mesonotum lacking P5a’ .................... H. monlunicum
- Meso- and metasternum with 6 and 8 A -setae, respectively, mesonotum with P5a' .................... H. pectigastrulum
7 Seta P1a present on nota, P2a lacking on urotergite I......................................................... 8
- Seta P1a lacking on nota and urotergites I–VI............................................................... 9
8 Tergite X with 10 or 12 setae........................................................................... 10
- Tergite X with 14 setae................................................................................ 11
9 Seta P2a present on urotergite VII....................................................................... 13
- Seta P2a lacking on urotergite VII....................................................................... 16
10 Foretarsal sensillum c short, half the length of b, urotergite X with 10 setae, seta P2a present on urotergite II–VI.................................................................................................. H. guiyangense
- Foretarsal sensillum c as length as b, urotergite X with 12 setae, seta P2a lacking on urotergite II–VI....... H. chinghaiense
11 Sensilla b and c of equal length, mesonotum lacking P5a' .............................................. H. kuratai
- Foretarsal sensillum c longer than b, mesonotum with P5a' ................................................... 12
12 Seta P1a present on urotergites I–VI, P2a present on urotergites II–VII, Pc present on urosternites IV–VI, meso- and metasternum with 6 and 8 A -setae, respectively.......................................................... H. fopingense
- Seta P1a absent on urotergites I–VI, P2a lacking on urotegites II–VII, Pc absent on urosternites IV–VI, meso- and metasternum with 4 and 6 A -setae, respectively............................................................. H. bolense
13 Seta P2a present on urotergites II –VI........................................................ H. kangdingense
- Seta P2a lacking on urotergites II–VI.................................................................... 14
14 Urosternites IV–VI with 8 P -setae, meso- and metasternum with 4 and 6 A -setae, respectively........................ 15
- Urosternites IV–VI with 9 P -setae, meso- and metasternum with 6 and 8 A -setae, respectively.............. H. dunhuaense
15 Sensilla b and c of equal length, urotergite X with 8 setae.......................................... H. nanshanensis
- Sensillum b clearly longer than c, urotergite X with 10 setae.......................................... H. xiningense
16 Urotergite X with 10 setae.............................................................................. 17
- Urotergite X with 12 setae.............................................................................. 19
17 Urosternite II–III with 5 P -setae......................................................................... 18
- Urosternites II–III with 3 P -setae (other urotergites I, IV–VI and X also with fewer P -setae, 2, 6 and 4 respectively)................................................................................................ H. sichuanensis
18 Urosternites IV–VI with 9 P -setae, meso- and metasternum with 4 and 6 A -setae, respectively............. H. huashanensis
- Urosternites IV–VI with 8 P -setae, meso- and metasternum with 6 and 8 A -setae, respectively, mesonotum with P5a' ..................................................................................................... H.yangi
19 Sensilla b and c of equal length, seta P2a present on urotergites I, meso- and metasternum with 4 and 6 A -setae, respectively......................................................................................... H. tianshanicum
- Sensillum b shorter than c, seta P2a absent on urotergites I, meso- and metasternum with 6 and 8 A -setae, respectively.............................................................................................. H. liaoningensis
description: Published as part of Qian, Chang-Yuan, Bu, Yun & Luan, Yun-Xia, 2018, DNA barcoding and an updated key to the genus Hesperentomon (Protura: Acerentomata: Hesperentomidae), with a new species from Northwest China, pp. 523-534 in Zootaxa 4462 (4) on page 531, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1441827