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Arrhopalites peculiaris

Arrhopalites peculiaris

Vargovitsh, 2009

GBIF:119430730

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Remarks. Re-examination of trichobothrial complex chaetotaxy in types of A. peculiaris shows that: seta c 1 is very small, about 8 µm (omitted in original description) and lies on the level of trichobothrium C. Seta b 1 (assigned as c 1 in original description) is situated almost on the line BC, nearer to trichobothrium C than to B. Seta marked in original description as b 1 actually is not b 1 and belongs to posterior lateral complex, which thus contains 2 + 3 setae.
Vargovitsh, Robert S. (2012): New troglomorphic Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Western Caucasus. Zootaxa 3174: 1-21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279882

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FIGURES 72 – 73. Chaetotaxy of trichobothrial complex: 72, Arrhopalites karabiensis; 73, Arrhopalites peculiaris.

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New troglomorphic Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Western Caucasus

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Vargovitsh, Robert S. (2012): New troglomorphic Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Western Caucasus. Zootaxa 3174: 1-21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279882

Abstract

Two highly troglomorphic species of the family Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956 are described from the caves of the Western Caucasus: Arrhopalites macronyx sp. nov. and Troglopalites stygios gen. nov. sp. nov. They inhabit epineustonic and hygropetric zones of subterranean realm and are characterized by much elongated claws, long antennae with annulations between subsegments of the fourth antennal segment, absence of strongly spine-like setae on dens, presence of accreted teeth on posterior lamellae and well-developed anterior lamella of mucro. Together with some diagnostic characters of the genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906, Troglopalites gen. nov. shows reduced chaetotaxy of the sixth abdominal segment, almost linear trichobothrial pattern on great abdomen, and plurichaetosis on the forth antennal segment. Remarks on re-examination of trichobothrial complex chaetotaxy of Arrhopalites karabiensis Vargovitsh, 2009 and A. peculiaris Vargovitsh, 2009 from the Crimean caves are also included.

Key words: springtails, taxonomy, Arrhopalites, Troglopalites, new genus, new species, troglomorphic, trichobothrial complex, caves, epineustonic, hygropetric, Caucasus Mountains

Vargovitsh R S, plazi (2012). New troglomorphic Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Western Caucasus. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.279882 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2012View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119430730
Dataset Key
1877b029-3def-4acb-96d3-4351b84a59a5
Origin
source
Backbone Key
7525144
Taxon ID
03CC7853486DFFC3FF65FF74FF7A9B89.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026