Three new species of Entomobryidae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea) from China

Zookeys. 2023 Jun 22:1167:293-315. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.104090. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Three new species of entomobryid springtails (Collembola) from China are described here. Homidiapseudozhangisp. nov. is characterised by a narrow irregular longitudinal stripe on the body, smooth chaetae e and l1 of the labial base, and the relative position of the specialized microchaeta on Abd. I; H.qianensissp. nov. by its colour pattern on the antennae and nine sutural macrochaetae on the head; and Entomobryashaanxiensissp. nov. by its colour pattern, labral papillae and the lateral process of labial papilla E. Specimens of Akabosiamatsudoensis Kinoshita, 1919 from China are redescribed, including description of some characters for the first time.

Keywords: Akabosia; Entomobrya; Homidia; chaetotaxy; springtails; taxonomy.