Cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) in United States

Author

Douglas Zeppelini
Steven J. Taylor
Michael E. Slay

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Publication Date

January 2009

Abstract

Six new species of Collembola of the family Arrhopalitidae are described from the United States (Pygmarrhopalites leonardwoodensis sp. nov., P. plethorasari sp. nov., P. youngsteadtii sp. nov., P. buffaloensis sp. nov., P. shoshoneiensis sp. nov., and P. ashcraftensis sp. nov.) from caves in Missouri (2 spp.), Arkansas (2 spp.), Nevada, and Indiana, respectively. These new taxa, which display varying degrees of troglomorphy, are compared with previously known species and bring the total described species in North America to 41.

Keywords

Cave Collembola, Taxonomy, New Species, Descriptions

Document Type

Article

Notes

Zootaxa, Vol. 2204 (2009-01-01).

Identifier

SFS0071836_00001

Recommended Citation

Zeppelini, Douglas; Taylor, Steven J.; and Slay, Michael E., "Cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) in United States" (2009). KIP Articles. 774.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/774