Texoreddellia
Creators: name: Espinasa, Luis
name: Bartolo, Nicole D.
name: Centone, Danielle M.
name: Haruta, Charisse S.
name: Reddell, James R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Zygentoma
Nicoletiidae
Texoreddellia

description: Key to Texoreddellia spp.
1. Pedicellus projection in adult males blade-like, not very conspicuous, extending parallel to antennae. Length of the projection shorter than one third the length of pedicellus (Figs. 4 B–D, 6B–C and 9C–D)..................................... 2
- Pedicellus projection in adult males spine-like, conspicuous, extending perpendicular to antennae. Length about half the length of pedicellus (Fig. 8A–B, H)........................................................................... 5
2. Legs relatively long (Fig. 3), hind tibia 6‒10 times longer than wide and approximately two-thirds the tarsus length (Fig. 5A‒C). Mouthparts long and slim in large specimens; penultimate article of maxillary palp 1.2‒1.5 times longer than terminal article (Fig. 4 G‒I) and penultimate article of labial palp about 3 times longer than wide (Fig. 4 F). Ovipositor short, barely surpassing apex of stylets IX, with 12 annuli (Fig. 5F)..................................... T. texensis species complex
- Legs relatively short (Fig. 3), hind tibia 4‒6 times longer than wide and approximately four-fifths the tarsus length (Figs. 6G and 7D). Mouthparts short and robust; penultimate article of maxillary palp approximately equal in length to terminal article (Figs. 6E, 7C), and penultimate article of labial palp about 2 times longer than wide (Figs. 6F, 7B, 9B). Ovipositor short to long, with 12 or more annuli........................................................................... 3 3. Ovipositor relatively short, surpassing base of stylets IX by about 1.2‒1.5 times the length of the stylets, with 12‒14 annuli (similar to fig. 5F)......................................................................... T. coahuilensis
- Ovipositor long, surpassing base of stylets IX by more than 1.5 times the length of the stylets, gonapophysis with 14 or more annuli............................................................................................. 4
4. Ovipositor long, surpassing base of stylets IX by 1.6‒2.1 times the length of the stylets length. Gonapophysis with 14‒15 annuli (Fig. 7F–G)............................................................................. T. media
- Ovipositor very long, surpassing base of stylets IX by 2.0‒2.2 times the length of the stylets. Gonapophysis with 16‒18 annuli (Fig. 6I).................................................................................. T. aquilonalis
5. Head with setae but without scales (Fig. 8A). Ovipositor very long, surpassing base of stylets IX by more than 2.0 times the length of the stylets (Fig. 8F).................................................................... T. occasus
- Head with setae and scales (Fig. 8G). Ovipositor long, surpassing base of stylets IX by about 1.6‒2 times their length (Fig. 8J)....................................................................................... T. capitesquameo
description: Published as part of Espinasa, Luis, Bartolo, Nicole D., Centone, Danielle M., Haruta, Charisse S. & Reddell, James R., 2016, Revision of genus Texoreddellia Wygodzinsky, 1973 (Hexapoda, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae), a prominent element of the cave-adapted fauna of Texas, pp. 221-239 in Zootaxa 4126 (2) on pages 237-238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/263535