Three new species of Collembola from Sicily with first record of the genus Superodontella Stach, 1949 from Italy

Luca Giuga; Rafael Jordana; Enrique Baquero

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5249.5.3

Three new species of Collembola from Sicily with first record of the genus Superodontella Stach, 1949 from Italy

Zootaxa. 2023 Mar 6;5249(5):559-576. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.5.3.

Authors

Luca Giuga¹, Rafael Jordana², Enrique Baquero³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy. . luca.giuga@unipa.it.
² University of Navarra, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Biology, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain. . rjordana@unav.es.
³ University of Navarra, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Biology, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain. University of Navarra, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medioambiente BIOMA, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain.. ebaquero@unav.es.

PMID: 37044746
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.5.3

Abstract

Three new species of soil Collembola from both agricultural lands (vineyards and olive orchards) and a natural habitat (beech forest) located in Sicily (Italy) are described: Superodontella eleonorae sp. nov., first record of this genus for Italy, Lepidocyrtus rapitalai sp. nov. and Pseudosinella francae sp. nov..

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Animals
Arthropods*
Ecosystem
Forests
Sicily