Plutomurus Yosii 1956
Creators: name: Barjadze, Shalva
name: Parimuchová, Andrea
name: Raschmanová, Natália
name: Maghradze, Eter
name: Kováč, Ľubomír
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Entomobryomorpha
Tomoceridae
Plutomurus

description: Western Palaearctic Plutomurus
The following 16 Plutomurus species are known from the Western Palaearctic: P. abchasicus, P. baschkiricus, P. birsteini, P. carpaticus, P. eristoi, P. jeleznovodski, P. jordanai, P. kelasuricus, P. kharagauliensis sp. nov., P. ortobalaganensis, P. pichkhaiai, P. revazi, P. ruseki sp. nov., P. shurubumuensis, P. sorosi and P. unidentatus (Barjadze et al. 2016; 2018; 2020a, b). Here we provide an identification key to Western Palaearctic species of Plutomurus.
Key to species of Plutomurus Yosii from the Western Palaearctic
1 Prelabral chaetae 2+2................................................................................. 2
- Prelabral chaetae 3+3................................................................................ 10
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 (Russia, North Caucasus: cave)
- Eye patch with 6 eyes; tenaculum with 3–4 chaetae.................... P. jeleznovodski (Russia, North Caucasus: cave)
4 Dens with very narrow spines........................................... P. baschkiricus (Russia, Mt Urals: caves)
- Dens with normal spines............................................................................... 5
5 Tenent hair acuminate........................................................... P. abchasicus (Georgia: soil)
- Tenent hair capitate................................................................................... 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 (Georgia: caves)
- Head with 3 postocular Mc; Abd. IV with 6 Mc........................... P. kharagauliensis sp. nov. (Georgia: cave)
8 Abd. I and IV with 2 and 5 Mc respectively.................................................................................... P. unidentatus (Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Slovenia: soil & caves)
- Abd. I and IV with 3 and 3 Mc respectively................................................................ 9
9. Head with 1 postocular Mc; Abd. II with 2 Mc... P. carpaticus (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania: soil)
- Head with 2 postocular Mc; Abd. II with 3 Mc............................. P. ruseki sp. nov. (Slovakia: soil & caves)
10 Tenent hair capitate............................................................... P. revazi (Georgia: caves)
- Tenent hair acuminate................................................................................ 11
11 Spine-like chaetae on tibiotarsus I, II, and III as 002........................................................ 12
- Spine-like chaetae on tibiotarsus I, II, and III as 001........................................................ 14
12 Eyes absent; Th. II with 6 (anterior, medial & posterior) Mc...................... P. ortobalaganensis (Georgia: caves)
- Eyes present; Th. II with 4 (medial & posterior) Mc........................................................ 13
13 Abd. IV with 1–2 Mc: large lateral and sometimes a second smaller medial Mc......... P. shurubumuensis (Georgia: cave)
- Abd. IV with 3 Mc: 1 large lateral and 2 smaller medial Mc........................... P. pichkhaiai (Georgia: caves)
14 Eyes present and distinct; empodium with a large tooth.............. P. kelasuricus (North Caucasus and Georgia: caves)
- Eyes absent or indistinct; empodium with small teeth....................................................... 15 15 Th. II with 5 Mc; one chaeta–like process on the OML is much shorter than others............ P. jordanai (Georgia: cave)
- Th. II without Mc; all chaeta-like process on the OML normally developed.................... P. eristoi (Georgia: cave)
* Specimens determined as P. carpaticus from Czech Republic, Ukraine and Romania needs to be reinvestigated.
description: Published as part of Barjadze, Shalva, Parimuchová, Andrea, Raschmanová, Natália, Maghradze, Eter & Kováč, Ľubomír, 2022, Two new species of Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from the Caucasus and central Europe, pp. 252-266 in Zootaxa 5169 (3) on pages 264-265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6952146