Description of three new species of Callyntrura (Japonphysa) (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China with the aid of DNA barcoding

Mei-Dong Jing; Yin-Huan Ding; Yi-Tong Ма

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1187.109608

Description of three new species of Callyntrura (Japonphysa) (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China with the aid of DNA barcoding

Zookeys. 2023 Dec 21:1187:237-260. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1187.109608. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Mei-Dong Jing¹, Yin-Huan Ding², Yi-Tong Ма¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, China Nantong University Nantong China.
² Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Jurong, Jiangsu 212400, China Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry Jurong China.

Abstract

Callyntrura(s.l.) Börner, 1906 is the largest genus of the subfamily Salininae and contains 11 subgenera and 98 species from all over the world (mainly Asia), with eight species recorded from China. In the present paper, three new species of Callyntrura(s.l.) are described from China: C. (Japonphysa) xinjianensissp. nov.; C. (J.) tongguensissp. nov. and C. (J.) raoisp. nov. Their differences in colour pattern, chaetotaxy and other characters are slight, however distances of COI mtDNA support their validation as three new distinct species. A key to the Chinese Callyntrura(s.l.) is provided.

Keywords: Chaetotaxy; DNA sequence; Salininae; Yoshii; identification key; subgenus; taxonomy.

Mei-Dong Jing, Yin-Huan Ding, Yi-Tong Ма.