Trogolaphysa monomaculata (Barra 1969)
- Dataset
- Annotated checklist of Afrotropical Trogolaphysa Mills, 1938 (Hexapoda: Collembola: Paronellidae) and description of a new species from Madagascar
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Entognatha
- order
- Collembola
- family
- Paronellidae
- genus
- Trogolaphysa
- species
- Trogolaphysa monomaculata
discussion
REMARKS Barra (1969) described this species in the subgenus Microparonella. Deharveng & Bedos (1995) transferred all species assigned to Microparonella to the genus Lepidonella, but did not comment on the status of L. monomaculata. Soto-Adames & Bellini (2015) transferred the species to Trogolaphysa based on the chaetotaxy (2, 3, 3 bothriotricha on abdominal segments 2 - 4 and absence of head chaeta Ps 3) illustrated by Barra (1969). The habitus (Barra 1969: fig. 7 A), mucro (fig. 7 J, K) and claw shape (fig. 7 G, H, I) suggest the species was described based on immature specimens. Trogolaphysa monomaculata is characterized by a uniformly light blue body, antennae, head, and legs, with a distinctive dark blue square band on 4 th abdominal segment; scales present on antennal segments 1 - 3 and on coxa, trochanter and femur of all legs; tenet hair long and weakly spatulate; unguis with 3 inner teeth, one paired tooth clearly larger than the other (Fig. 5 D); unguiculus lanceolate; dens with two rows of ciliated spines; mucro rectangular, long, with 5 teeth. This species is unique among African forms in having a broad band on 4 th abdominal segment and a long, fivetoothed mucro with teeth evenly distributed throughout its length.
distribution
TYPE LOCALITY. — Ipassa, Gabon. DISTRIBUTION. — Gabon.