DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15141534
title: Table 1 in Two new species and one new record of Willowsia Shoebotham, 1917 (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from the Eastern Himalayan region of India

description: Table 1 (continued on next page). Comparison of morphological characters between the new species and related world species of Willowsia Shoebotham, 1917.
speciescolourationscale typescales present (P) or absent (A) Ant legs manapical bulbtrochanteral organ spineposterior mac on labral triangleW. arunachalensis sp. nov.legs, Ant. uniformly pigmented; Abd. III, V–VI totally pigmented. All segments are laterally pigmentedlong basal ribAAPbilobed16–185 ciliateW. bartkei Stach, 1965transverse blue band on Abd. II–III, posterior Abd. II and IVspinulateAAAunilobed30?W. buski (Lubbock, 1870)uniformly blue colour pigment present across bodylong basal ribAAAbilobed105 ciliateW. cassagnaui Zhang, 2015irregular lateral pigment patches on Th. II–Abd. VI.long basal ribAAPbilobed145 ciliateW. christianseni Chang & Ma, 2018anterior of Th. II, lateral margin of Th. II–III and posterior part of Abd. III–V with blue pigmentspinulatePPPbilobed215 ciliateW. fascia Pan & Zhang, 2016transverse pigment bands on Abd. II– IIIvery long ribAAA?8–135 ciliateW. guangdongensis Zhang, Xu & Chen, 2007 ascattered blue pigment on lateral side from thorax to Abd. III, posterior margin of Abd. IV–Vlong basal ribPPPunilobed20–295 ciliateW. guangxiensis Shi & Chen, 2004Abd. II–III entirely dark blue pigmentedspinulatePPPbilobed38–418 ciliateW. ieti Yosii 1971Abd. II with two pairs of minute spots, Abd. III with narrow transverse band and Abd. IV lateral band; Abd. V with pigment patchlong basal ribPAPbilobed20–30?W. jacobsoni (Börner, 1913)Th. II and Abd. III are fully pigmented and ⅓ of Abd. IV and IIlong basal rib??Punilobed163–5 ciliatedW. japonica (Folsom, 1898)lateral patches on Thorax, Abd. I–II and IV; transverse bands on posterior Abd. III and Vshort ribAAAlobedunknownW. nigromaculata (Lubbock, 1873)lateral margins of Th. II–Abd. II with blue pigment, Abd. III with one transverse band and Abd. IV with one lateral spot on each sidelong basal ribAAAbilobed42–495 ciliateW. platani (Nicolet 1842)Th. III, Abd. II–IV, Abd. V posteriorly and Abd. VI with dark transverse bandslong basal ribAAA??5 ciliateW. pseudobuskii Pan & Zhang, 2016transverse bands on Th.III, posterior margin of Abd. II–IIIlong basal ribAAAunilobed10–175 ciliateW. pseudoplatani Pan & Zhang, 2016 metathorax and Abd. II–IV dark blue, Abd. V with a posterior dark bandlong basal ribAAA?11–165 ciliateW. pseudoshi Ma, 2016head dark blue with a median yellow patch; blue pigment along the lateral margin of the bodyspinulatePPPbilobed52–687 ciliateW. shiae Pan, Zhang & Chen, 2006blue pigment patches scattered all over the body, Abd. III–V completely pigmentedspinulatePAPbilobed37–405 ciliateW. sikkimensis sp. nov.blue pigment present on Th. III and Abd. III–V, as patches on head and Abd. IIspinulatePPPbilobed53–555 ciliateW. variabilis Ma, 2016blue pigment present on head and body, deeper on lateral sidesspinulatePPPbilobed49–527 ciliateW. zhaotongensis Chai & Ma, 2017blue pigment on Abd. III, V, ⅔ of Abd. IV, patches on Abd. II and coxa of legspinulatePPPbilobed36–386 ciliate
description: Published as part of Mandal, Pritha, Mandal, Guru Pada, Suman, Kusumendra Kumar & Bhattacharya, Kaushik Kumar, 2024, Two new species and one new record of Willowsia Shoebotham, 1917 (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from the Eastern Himalayan region of India, pp. 104-105 in European Journal of Taxonomy 935 on page 104, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.935.2549, http://zenodo.org/record/11277714