Nipponentomon Imadate & Yosii 1959
Creators: name: Bu, Yun
name: Wu, Dong Hui
name: Shrubovych, Julia
name: Yin, Wen Ying
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Protura
Acerentomidae
Nipponentomon

description: Key to the world species of the genus Nipponentomon Imadaté & Yosii, 1959
1. Tergite VII without seta P1a ............................................................................. 2
- Tergite VII with seta P1a ................................................................................... 4
2. Tergite I with seta A3, sternites IV–VI with 3 anterior setae....... N. imadatei Bu, Wu & Yin sp. nov.; China (Heilongjiang)
- Tergite I without seta A3, sternites IV–VI with 5 anterior setae..................................................... 3
3. Tergite VI with seta P1a..................................... N. khabarovskense Nakamura, 2004; Russia (Far East)
- Tergite VI without seta P1a............................................. N. jaceki Shrubovych 2009; Russia (Far East)
4. Sternites IV–VI with 3 anterior setae...................... N. pembertonense Bernard & Biechele 2008; USA (Maryland)
- Sternites IV–VI with 5 anterior setae......................................................................... 5
5. Tergite VII with seta P3a ............................................................................... 6
- Tergite VII without seta P3a ................................................................................ 7
6. Sternite VIII with 4/0 setae, sensillum f short....................................... N. bifidum Rusek, 1974; Canada
- Sternite VIII with 4/2 setae, sensillum f extremely long...... N. uenoi paucisetosum Imadaté, 1965; China (Jilin), Japan, Korea
7. Tergite VII with seta Pc.................................................. N. kamui Imadaté, 1965; Japan (Hokkaido)
- Tergite VII without seta Pc ................................................................................. 8
8. Claw with two inner teeth...................... N. bidentatum Nakamura, 2004; China (Heilongjiang), Russia (Far East)
- Claw with one inner tooth.................................................................................. 9
9. Tergite I with seta A3 .................................................................................. 10
- Tergite I without seta A3 .................................................................................. 11
10. Tergites II–VI with seta P3a...................................... N. uenoi uenoi Imadaté & Yosii, 1959; Japan, Korea
- Tergites II–VI without seta P3a................................... N. heterothrixi Yin & Xie, 1993; China (Jilin), Korea
11. Tergites II–VI with seta P3a........................................... N. aureitarsum (Ewing, 1940); USA (Virginia)
- Tergites II–VI without seta P3a ............................................................................ 12
12. Tergite I with seta P0a, sternite II with 3/5 setae and sternite III with 3/6 setae...................................................................................................... N. taiga Shrubovych sp. nov.; (Russia (Siberia)
- Tergite I without seta P0a, sternites II–III with 5/5 setae....................................................... 13
13. Sensillum b longer than c .............................................................................. 14
- Sensillum b equal to or shorter than c ........................................................................ 15
14. Sensillum b extremely long, surpassing base of claw................... N. californicum (Hilton, 1929); USA (California)
- Sensillum b reaching base of g, not surpassing base of claw............................. N. kevani Rusek, 1974; Canada
15. Labrum not protruded..................................................... N. macleani Nosek, 1977; USA (Alaska)
- Labrum protruded.................................................................................... 16
16. Labrum rather long, LR=5.0; foretarsal setae β 1 and δ 4 sensilliform................. N. andrei (Ewing, 1940); USA (Utah)
- Labrum relatively short, LR=6.1–7.8; foretarsal seta β 1 sensilliform, δ 4 setiform................................................................................................ N. nippon (Yoshii, 1938); China (Jilin), Japan, Korea
description: Published as part of Bu, Yun, Wu, Dong Hui, Shrubovych, Julia & Yin, Wen Ying, 2013, New Nipponentomon species from northern Asia (Protura: Acerentomata, Nipponentomidae), pp. 525-546 in Zootaxa 3636 (4) on page 545, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/217221