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Cryptonura

Cryptonura

Cassagnau, 1979

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Key to the species of the genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 *

* The key is based mainly on Bellinger et al. (2012)

1. Tubercle Di on th. I with 1 chaeta........................................................................ 2

- Tubercle Di on th. I with 2 chaetae....................................................................... 5

2. Chaeta C on head present, mandible with 3 teeth, tubercle Di on abd. V with 3 chaetae.............................. 3

- Chaeta C on head absent, mandible with 6 teeth, tubercle Di on abd. V with 2 chaetae..................................................................................................... C. anthrenoidea (Ellis, 1976) (Greece)

3. Dorsal tubercles round, labral formula: 4/2, 4, group Vi of head with 5 chaetae, colour of body white............................................................................................. C. jubilaria Smolis, 2002 (Poland)

- Dorsal tubercles triangular, labral formula: 0/2, 2, group Vi of head with 6 chaetae, colour of body bluish-gray........... 4

4. Tubercles Di on th. II–III with 2 chaetae, labrum distally ogival, tubercle Dl on head with 5 chaetae..................................................................................................... C. persica sp. nov. (Iran)

- Tubercles Di on th. II–III with 3 chaetae, labrum non-ogival, tubercle Dl on head with 6 chaetae.. C. maxima sp. nov. (Iran)

5. Chaeta C on head absent, tubercles L on abd. II–III with 4 chaetae........ C. dirfysensis Cassagnau & Péja, 1979 (Greece)

- Chaeta C on head present, tubercles L on abd. II–III with other number of chaetae.................................. 6

6. Tubercle De on th. II with 4 chaetae, tubercles L on abd. II–III with 2 chaetae............ C. franzi (Stach, 1951) (Austria)

- Tubercle De on th. II with 3 chaetae, tubercles L on abd. II–III with 3 chaetae... C. kühnelti (Gisin, 1954) (Austria, Ukraine)

Smolis, Adrian, Falahati, Asghar, Skarżyński, Dariusz (2012): The genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) in Iran. Zootaxa 3530: 51-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214290MagnoliaPress via PlaziNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

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The genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) in Iran

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Smolis, Adrian, Falahati, Asghar, Skarżyński, Dariusz (2012): The genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) in Iran. Zootaxa 3530: 51-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214290

Abstract

The first two non-European Cryptonura, C. persica sp. nov. and C. maxima sp. nov. from Iran are described and illustrated. Within the genus both new species are well defined, C. persica sp. nov. is easily distinguished by only two chaetae Di on Th.II–III and ogival labrum, C. maxima sp. nov. is recognizable due to numerous chaetae in group L on abdomen IV. Analysis of their morphological features indicate rather close relationship between them. New taxa are also similar to C. jubilaria Smolis, 2002 from Poland, nevertheless, they differ in many substantial characters e.g. colour of body, shape of dorsal tubercles, cheatotaxy of labrum and antennae. Differences between them and other species of the genus are presented in an updated key to Cryptonura and discussion.

Key words: Cryptonura persica sp. nov., C. maxima sp. nov., taxonomy, springtails

Smolis A, Falahati A, Skarżyński D, plazi (2012). The genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) in Iran. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.214290 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

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GBIF Usage Key
119530052
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