A new species of Campylothorax Schött, 1893 (Collembola, Paronellidae) from Brazilian Amazon, with an identification key to the genus
Creators: name: Cipola, Nikolas Gioia
name: Oliveira, Fábio Gonçalves De Lima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Key to world species of the genus Campylothorax
1 Th II with at least 6 posterior mac; Th III apically round..................................................... 2
- Th II with 2 posterior mac; Th III apically conic................. C. notidanus Soto-Adames, 2016; Dominican Republic
2 Body with varied color or devoid; Abd IV with up to 6 median central mac or absent............................... 3
- Body anteriorly and dens black; Abd IV with 6–9 median central mac....... C. melanocephalus Mitra & Dallai, 1980; Zaire
3 Body color completely dark blue........................................................................ 4
- Body color pattern varied, absent or with transverse or longitudinal bands on Abd III–IV (Fig. 1)..................... 6
4 Sutural series of head with S2 and S3 mac (Fig. 8).......................................................... 5
- Sutural series of head devoid of S2 and S3 mac............................ C. mitrai Bellini & Meneses, 2012; Brazil
5 Abd IV with 5 lateral mac; unguis without unpaired tooth........ C. dominicanus Soto-Adames, 2016; Dominican Republic
- Abd IV with 7–8 lateral mac; unguis with unpaired median tooth (Figs 24–25)................ C. sabanus (Wray, 1953)3,4
6 Abd IV color with transverse bands (Fig. 1)............................................................... 7
- Abd IV without transverse bands; body color diffuse, absent or with longitudinal bands from Th II to Abd IV........... 12
7 Abd IV with 1 transverse band (Fig. 1).................................................................... 8
- Abd IV with 2 transverse bands; Cuba ........................................ C. cubanus Gruia, 1983; Puerto Rico
8 Abd III without transverse bands; unguiculi III lanceolate..................................................... 9
- Abd III with 1 transverse bands; unguiculi III truncate (Figs 1, 25).............................................. 10
9 Abd IV with 6 anterior central mac on one transverse row and 7 posterior central mac... C. cinctus Schött, 1927; Cameroon
- Abd IV without transverse row of mac and 4 posterior central mac............. C. cassagnaui Mitra & Dallai, 1980; Brazil
10 Abd IV with slim complete transverse band; Abd IV with 5 or less posterior central mac (Figs 1, 20)................. 11
- Abd IV with irregular transverse band occupying more than half of the segment; Abd IV with 6 posterior central mac........................................................................... C. sabanus (Wray, 1953)3,4; Puerto Rico
11 Dorsal head without S 5i mac; Abd IV with 5 lateral mac; dens with 2 row of distal spines (Figs 3, 15, 24).............................................................................................. C. plagatus sp. nov.; Brazil
- Dorsal head with S 5i mac; Abd IV with 8 lateral mac or more; dens with 1 row of distal spines................................................................................. C. viruaensis Santos, Cipola & Bellini; Brazil (in press)
12 Body color diffuse or with longitudinal bands.............................................................. 13
- Body without pigment; Th II with 6 posterior mac............... C. hexosetosus Soto-Adames, 2016; Dominican Republic
13 Abd V–VI with pigment.............................................................................. 14
- Abd V–VI depigmented............................................................................... 15
14 Body color with longitudinal band laterally on Th II to abd IV; furcula with dark pigment.. C. schaefferi Börner, 1906; Brazil
- Body color completely diffuse, Th II fully pigmented; furcula depigmented; Puerto Rico .. C. sabanus (Wray, 1953)1,2; Brazil
15 Dens with 1 row of dental spines.......................................... C. longicornis Schött, 1893; Cameroon
- Dens with 2 row of dental spines.......................................... C. camelinus Womersley, 1930; Guiana
description: Published as part of Cipola, Nikolas Gioia & Oliveira, Fábio Gonçalves De Lima, 2016, A new species of Campylothorax Schött, 1893 (Collembola, Paronellidae) from Brazilian Amazon, with an identification key to the genus, pp. 487-495 in Zootaxa 4109 (4) on pages 493-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/399749