Homidia
Creators: name: Pan, Zhi-Xiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Entomobryidae
Homidia

description: Key to species of Homidia from Zhejiang Province
(mainly based on colour pattern)
1 Abd. III with a broad dark transverse band (Figs 30–33, 53, 54)................................................. 2
- Abd. III without or only posterior margin with a dark transverse band (Figs 55–57)................................. 5
2 Th. III without central dark transverse bands......................................................... H. sauteri
- Th. III with central dark transverse bands (Fig. 54)...........................................................3
3 Band on middle Th. III not separated (Fig. 54)...................................................... .. H. sinensis
- Band on middle Th. III separated (Figs 53)................................................................. 4
4 Th. II with two central dark patches (Figs 30–33)....................................... H. quadrimaculata sp. nov.
- Th. II without central dark patches (Fig. 53)......................................................... .. H. similis
5 Dorsum without obvious pigment (Fig. 57).................................................................6
- Dorsum with obvious pigment (Fig. 53–56)................................................................. 7
6 Areas A8–10 of Abd. IV with 1+1 mac, a2 present on Abd. III......................................... H. unichaeta
- Areas A8–10 of Abd. IV with 4+4 mac, a2 absent on Abd. III........................................... H. jordanai
7 Thorax with a central longitudinal stripe (Figs 1–3, 56)........................................................8
- Thorax without a central longitudinal stripe (Fig. 55)........................................................ 10
8 Dorsal body with 3 longitudinal stripes from thorax to abdomen........................................... H. socia
- Dorsal body without 3 longitudinal stripes from thorax to abdomen..............................................9
9 Thorax with 2 lateral longitudinal stripes; Abd. IV with median and posterior two narrow bands (Fig. 58)....... .. H. latifolia
- Thorax without lateral stripes; Abd. IV without bands (Fig. 40).............................. H. yandangensis sp. nov.
10 Abd. IV with transverse bands (Fig. 55)................................................................... 11
- Abd. IV without transverse bands (Fig. 57)................................................................ 13
11 One narrow posterior band on Abd. IV........................................................ H. phjongjangica
- Two transverses bands on Abd. IV (Figs 53, 56)............................................................. 12
12 Areas A8–10 of Abd. IV with 6+6 mac (Shi et al. 2010)............................................. H. formosana
- Areas A8–10 of Abd. IV with 9+9 mac............................................................ H. hexaseta
13 Th. III with 2 central dark spots; areas A8–10 at least with 10+10 mac of Abd. IV...................... .. H. tiantaiensis
- Th. III without central dark spots; areas A8–10 with 3+3 mac of Abd. IV................................. .. H. zhangi
description: Published as part of Pan, Zhi-Xiang, 2015, Two new species of Homidia (Collembola, Entomobryidae) and a key to species in the genus from Zhejiang Province, China, pp. 515-530 in Zootaxa 4034 (3) on pages 528-529, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/233023