Lepidocyrtoides tapuia Bellini 2017, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Entomobryidae
Lepidocyrtoides
Lepidocyrtoides tapuia

description: Lepidocyrtoides tapuia (Arlé & Guimarães, 1980) comb. nov.
FigS 1F–G, 21–24
Lepidosira tapuia Arlé & Guimarães, 1980: 410 –414, Figs 1–15, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (descr. orig.), type material lost. Mari Mutt & Bellinger, 1990: 107 (cat.). Abrantes et al. 2012: 10 (cat.)
Diagnosis. AdultS with body white and blue pigment on head and diScretely on Th and Abd (Fig. 1F); dorSal head with 3 median and 6 Sutural mac, Pa4, Pp5 more two unnamed poSterior mac preSent; labral papillae reduced or abSent; baSomedian and baSolateral labial fieldS with chaetae M2 and R ciliate and Smaller, otherS Smooth; 3 anterior poStlabial chaetae Smooth pluS 3 Spine-like chaetae (FigS 21B, E); Th II with about 70 anterior mac, 1 latero-median mac (m4), and 12–13 poSterior mac; Th III–Abd III with 5, 1, 4 and 2 median mac reSpectively; Abd IV with 24–28 median mac and 20 lateral mac (FigS 22, 23A–B); trochanteral organ with about 123 Spine-like chaetae; ungueS without apical tooth; unguiculi acuminate and Slim; manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac; dorSal denS with 2 proximal rowS of unilaterally ciliate chaetae (FigS 24D–E, H).
Typological note. The type material of L. tapuia depoSited in MNRJ waS deStroyed (Mendonça, perSonal communication). The neotype waS deSignated from SpecimenS of the type locality, according to ICZN (2000) (See chapter 16, article 75.3.4 and 75.3.6., and article 76).
Examined type material. Neotype female deSigned on Slide (MNRJ /133): Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro municipality, National Park of “ Tijuca ”, 22°57’S; 43°17’W, Atlantic foreSt, 388 m, 22.x.1981, BerleSe extractor, MC Mendonça coll.
Additional material. 3 maleS, 3 femaleS and 1 juvenile on SlideS and 13 SpecimenS in alcohol (MNRJ /133), Same data aS neotype. 1 male and 1 female on SlideS and 9 SpecimenS in alcohol (MNRJ /083), Same data aS neotype, except: Station ix, 410 m, 25.vii.1979. 3 SpecimenS in alcohol (INPA): TereSópoliS municipality, National Park of “ Serra doS OrgãoS”, 22°26'55.1''S, 43°00'16.4''W, 1246 m, i.2015, MalaiSe trap, RF Monteiro & eq. coll.
Redescription. Total length (head + trunk) of SpecimenS 3.16–4.29 mm (n=4), neotype 4.29 mm. AdultS yellow to white with blue pigment on diStal Ant II–IV, lateral and ventral head, Th II laterally, Th II–Abd I dorSally, poSterior Abd IV, proximal coxa I, diStal halveS of tibiotarSi I–II and femur III; eyepatcheS black (Fig. 1F). JuvenileS pale yellow to white with dark blue pigment on Ant I–IV, anterior head with a band that extendS laterally, Th II laterally with a band that extendS to Abd II dorSally, dorSal and lateral Abd IV with irregular SpotS, legS, diStal collophore and dorSo-proximal manubrium (Fig. 1G). ScaleS preSent on Ant I to proximal Ant IV, dorSal and lateral head, thorax and abdomen dorSally, legS (except empodia), collophore anteriorly, and manubrium and denteS ventrally.
Head. Antennae Shorter than trunk length (Fig. 1F), ratio antennae: trunk = 1: 1.63–1.83 (n=4), neotype 1: 1.83; antennal SegmentS ratio aS I: II: III: IV = 1: 1.48–1.71: 1.28–1.58: 1.85–2.07, neotype 1: 1.71: 1.44: 1.85. Ant IV weakly annulated on diStal three quarterS, without apical bulb, with S-blunt SenS of different SizeS and ciliate chaetae. Ant III SenSe organ with 2 rodS, 2 Spiny guard SenSilla, S-blunt SenS and ciliate chaetae (Fig. 21A). Ant I dorSally with 1 lateral mac and 3 Smooth mic at baSe. Head dorSal chaetotaxy with 13 antennal (An), 4 anterior (A), 4 median (M), 6 Sutural (S), 1 poSt-Sutural (PS), 3 poStoccipital anterior (Pa), 1 poStoccipital poSterior (Pp) chaetae, pluS two extra mac of uncentain homology (Fig. 21B). EyeS G and H Smaller, A larger, otherS Subequal, with 8 interocular chaetae and 3 ScaleS (Fig. 21B). Clypeal formula with 4 (l1–2), 29 (frontal), 3 (pf0–1) ciliate chaetae, l1–2 and pf0–1 larger, 7 frontal Smaller, otherS Subequal (Fig. 21C). Prelabral chaetae Smooth; labrum with chaeta a1 not thick, p0–1 larger. Labral papillae reduced or abSent. Maxillary palp with Smooth apical appendage (a.a.) and baSal chaeta (b.c.) gently ciliate, thick and 1.37 larger in length than the apical; Sublobal plate with tree Smooth appendageS. Labial palp with five main papillae (A–E) pluS one hypoStomal papilla (H) with 0, 5, 0, 4, 4, 2 guard appendageS, reSpectively, lateral proceSS (l.p.) Smaller, apically rounded and not reaching the baSe of the papilla E (Fig. 21D). BaSolateral and baSomedian labial fieldS with chaetae m1, M2, R, e, l1–2, M2 and R Smaller (Fig. 21E). Ventral head with numerouS ciliate chaetae of different SizeS, 3 anterior poStlabial Smooth chaetae, 3 Spine-like mic pluS 3 Small ciliate chaetae; cephalic groove with about 13 Surrounding ciliate chaetae, 4 median mic, 1 thin median chaetae, 2 larger baSal chaetae (b.c.), otherS Subequal (Fig. 21E).
Thorax chaetotaxy (FigS 22A–B). Th II with about 70 antero-median chaetae, 69 mac; 1 latero-median mac (m4); and poSteriorly with 11–12 median mac and 1 Small modified Scale, pluS 1 more central mac (p3). Th III with 10 mac (a4, a6, m5–6, p1–6) and 3 main meS (a7, m4, m7). Ratio Th II: III = 2.78–2.09: 1 (n=4), neotype 2.32: 1.
Abdomen chaetotaxy (FigS 22C–D, 23A–C). Abd I with 2 mac (m3 and m4) and 6 meS (m2, m 4i –4, p6 pluS two chaetae with uncler homologieS). Abd II with 4 central mac (a2, m3, m3e– 3ei) and 3 lateral mac (m5–6, p6), bothriotricha a5 and m2 with 9 and 5 acceSSory ScaleS reSpectively. Abd III with 2 central mac (a2? and m3) and 7 lateral mac (a7?, am6, pm6, p6, m7?, and 2 unnamed), bothriotricha a5, m2 and m5 with 13, 12 and 16 acceSSory ScaleS reSpectively, and 3 lateral meS. Abd IV with 24–28 median mac, 20 lateral mac, 16 acceSSory ScaleS on T2 bothriotrichum (abSent around T4), 1 anterior SenS and 7 poSterior SenS (ps type I, otherS type II), and aproximatelly 36 poSterior meS. Abd V with SerieS ‘a’, ‘m’ and ‘p’ with 4, 3 and 5 mac reSpectively. Ratio Abd III: IV = 1: 5.09–7.53 (n= 4), neotype 1: 7.53.
LegS. Subcoxa I (outer Side) with 3 chaetae and 2 pSp; Subcoxa II with an anterior row of 19 chaetae pluS about 31 chaetae anteriorlly, poSterior row of 7 chaetae, 1 anterior chaeta, pluS an additional row with 4 chaetae, and 6 pSp; Subcoxa III with one row of 15 chaetae pluS about 26 anterior chaetae, and 2 pSp poSteriorlly (Fig. 24A–C). Trochanteral organ with about 123 Spine-like chaetae (Fig. 24D). Femora and tibiotarSi I–III, but with fewer chaetae; TibiotarSi I–III not Subdivided. UngueS outer Side with a pair of large laterobaSal teeth; inner Side with 3 teeth, 2 paired baSal and 1 unpaired median larger than baSal, apical tooth abSent. Unguiculi I–III acuminate and Slim, outer edge Serrated, other edgeS Smooth; ratio unguiS: unguiculuS = 1: 0.60. TibiotarSuS III diStally with one inner Smooth chaetae 1.04 larger Smaller than unguiculuS; outer Side with tenent hair capitate, Smooth, and 0.77 Smaller than unguiS outer edge (Fig. 24E).
Collophore. Anterior Side with 20 ciliate chaetae, 6 mac and 1 meS diStally, and 13 thin proximal; poSterior Side with one unpaired mac, one meS, and 6 Small proximal SpineS, about 73 thin chaetae widely diStributed, and diStally 1 large ciliate chaeta and 1 thick Smooth chaeta; lateral flap with about 9 Smooth chaetae and 30 ciliate chaetae (Fig. 24F).
Furcula. Ventral manubrium with 3 apical ciliate chaetae, 2 outer Scale-like chaetae and about 31 apical long ScaleS, and 16 Subapical ScaleS on one tranSverSe row (Fig. 24G). Manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac gently ciliate and apically bullet-like, 27–29 ciliate chaetae of different SizeS, and 2 pSp (Fig. 24H). DorSal denS with 2 proximal rowS of unilaterally ciliate chaetae, otherS normal. Mucro bidentate with apical tooth Subequal to proximal tooth, baSal Spine SurpaSSing the apex of the proximal tooth.
Remarks. Lepidocyrtoides tapuia comb. nov. reSembleS L. fasciatus (WomerSley, 1934) from QueenSland, AuStralia by reduced body pigmentS, dorSal head with 3 median and 6 Sutural mac, baSomedian labial fieldS with chaetae M1–2, Th II with about 10–12 poSterior mac, and unguiculuS acuminate (See YoShii & GreenSlade 1994: 13). However, L. tapuia comb. nov. differS from thiS SpecieS by dorSal chaetotaxy of Th II with 1 (m4) lateromedian mac (abSent in L. fasciatus), and Th II–Abd III with 5, 1, 4 and 2 median mac, while in L. fasciatus iS 7, 0, 3 and 1. Other differenceS of L. tapuia comb. nov. iS Ant IV without apical bulb (preSent in L. fasciatus), prelabral chaetae Smooth (ciliate in L. fasciatus), and manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac (3 in L. fasciatus).
description: Published as part of Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante, 2017, The discovery of Lepidocyrtoides Schött, 1917 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) from the New World, including three new species from Brazil and one from Australia, pp. 201-248 in Zootaxa 4324 (2) on pages 226-232, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/997632