Plutomurus Yosii
Creators: name: Barjadze, Shalva
name: Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz
name: Parimuchová, Andrea
name: Maghradze, Eter
name: Kováč, Ľubomír
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Entomobryomorpha
Tomoceridae
Plutomurus

description: Updated key to species of Plutomurus Yosii from the Western Palaearctic
(Number of macrochaetae are given on per half tergite)
1 Prelabral chaetae 2+2................................................................................. 2
- Prelabral chaetae 3+3................................................................................ 12
2 Spine–like chaetae on tibiotarsus I, II, and III as 001......................................................... 3
- Spine–like chaetae on tibiotarsus I, II, and III as 002......................................................... 4
3 Eye patch with 4–5 eyes; tenaculum with 1 chaeta........ P. sorosi Kniss & Thibaud, 1999 (Russia: North Caucasus: cave)
- Eye patch with 6 eyes; tenaculum with 3–4 chaetae. P. jeleznovodski Kniss & Thibaud, 1999 (Russia: North Caucasus: cave)
4 Dens with very narrow spines............................. P. baschkiricus (Skorikow, 1900) (Russia: Mt Urals: caves)
- Dens with ordinary spines.............................................................................. 5
5 Tenent hair acuminate............................................ P. abchasicus Martynova, 1969 (Georgia: soil)
- Tenent hair clavate.................................................................................... 6
6 Th. II with 4 Mc (medial & posterior)..................................................................... 7
- Th. II with 5 Mc (medial & posterior)..................................................................... 8
7 Head with 2 postocular Mc; Abd. IV with 3 Mc............... P. birsteini Djanashvili & Barjadze, 2011 (Georgia: caves)
- Head with 3 postocular Mc; Abd. IV with 6 Mc.. P. kharagauliensis Barjadze, Kováč & Parimuchová, 2022 (Georgia: cave)
8 Abd. I with 2 Mc............................................................................................. P. unidentatus (Börner, 1901) (Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Slovenia: soil & caves)
- Abd. I with 3 Mc..................................................................................... 9
9 Head with 1 postocular Mc; Abd. II with 2 Mc........................................................................................... P. carpaticus Rusek & Weiner, 1978 (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania: soil)
- Head with 2 or 3 postocular Mc; Abd. II with 3 Mc......................................................... 10
10. Head with 2 postocular Mc; Abd. IV with 3 Mc... P. ruseki Barjadze, Kováč & Parimuchová, 2022 (Slovakia: soil & caves)
- Head with 3 postocular Mc; Abd. IV with 5 or 6 Mc........................................................ 11
11 Ant. length/head length as 3.35–4.81; Abd. IV with 5 Mc.......................... P. danialensis sp. nov. (Iran: cave)
- Ant. length/head length as 2.13–2.84; Abd. IV with 6 Mc........................ P. weinerae sp. nov. (Georgia: cave)
12 Tenent hair clavate.............. P. revazi Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana, 2016 (Georgia: caves)
- Tenent hair acuminate................................................................................ 13
13 Spine–like chaetae on tibiotarsus I, II, and III as 002........................................................ 14
- Spine–like chaetae on tibiotarsus I, II, and III as 001........................................................ 16
14 Eyes absent; Th. II with 6 (anterior, medial & posterior) Mc.................................................................................. P. ortobalaganensis Jordana & Baquero, 2012 (in Jordana et al. 2012) (Georgia: caves)
- Eyes present; Th. II with 4 (medial & posterior) Mc........................................................ 15
15 Abd. IV with 1 large lateral and sometimes a second smaller medial Mc............................................................. P. shurubumuensis Barjadze, Jordana & Soto-Adames, 2018 (in Barjadze et al. 2018) (Georgia: cave)
- Abd. IV with 3 Mc: 1 large lateral and 2 smaller medial Mc.......................................................................... P. pichkhaiai Barjadze, Jordana & Soto-Adames, 2018 (in Barjadze et al. 2018) (Georgia: caves)
16 Eyes present and distinct; empodium with a large tooth.................................................................................................... P. kelasuricus Martynova, 1969 (North Caucasus and Georgia: caves)
- Eyes absent or indistinct; empodium with small teeth....................................................... 17
17 Th. II with 5 Mc; one chaeta–like process on the sublobal plate is much shorter than others.......................................................... P. jordanai Barjadze & Soto-Adames, 2020 (in Barjadze et al. 2020a) (Georgia: cave)
- Th. II without Mc; all chaeta-like process on the sublobal plate normally developed............................................................... P. eristoi Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana, 2016 (Georgia: cave)
description: Published as part of Barjadze, Shalva, Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Parimuchová, Andrea, Maghradze, Eter & Kováč, Ľubomír, 2024, Two new species of Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from Georgia and Iran, pp. 559-572 in Zootaxa 5463 (4) on page 570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/11612390