A new species of Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Hungary and Romania, with redescription of the related species Pseudosinellahuetheri Stomp, 1971

Daniel Winkler; Márton Tamás Németh; Cristina Fiera

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1063.73094

A new species of Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Hungary and Romania, with redescription of the related species Pseudosinellahuetheri Stomp, 1971

Zookeys. 2021 Oct 20:1063:121-137. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1063.73094. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Daniel Winkler¹, Márton Tamás Németh², Cristina Fiera³

Affiliations

¹ University of Sopron, Faculty of Forestry, Institute of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Biology, Bajcsy-Zs. str. 4, H-9400 Sopron, Hungary.
² University of Sopron, Forest Research Institute, Paprét 17., H-9400 Sopron, Hungary.
³ Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independenţei, P.O. Box 56-53, 060031, Bucharest, Romania.

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 from Hungary and Romania is described and illustrated. Pseudosinellahartnerae sp. nov. belongs to the group with 5+5 eyes, and can be identified by its unique labial chaetotaxy (M₁m₂rel₁L₂) within this group. Pseudosinellahuetheri Stomp, 1971, the closest related species sharing the same dorsal macrochaetae formula (R₀R₁R₂001/00/0101+2), is also redescribed here based on the holotype. Comparative analysis between the two species and among other related species is provided.

Keywords: Chaetotaxy; Pseudosinellahartnerae sp. nov.; springtails; taxonomy.

Daniel Winkler, Márton Tamás Németh, Cristina Fiera.

Grants and funding

Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS/CCCDI – UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-0358, within PNCDI III”