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Megalothorax incertus

Megalothorax incertus

Borner, 1903

GBIF:212419406

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A single male and a moulting female were found co-occurring with M. incertus sensu nov. of the natural reserve of Zingaro (same data as sample CS. 035. IT provided for M. incertus s ensu nov.), with the following characters: 2 + 2 chaetae on the basolateral fields of labium, chaetae on the head vertex not specially thickened, a 3 present on Th. II, presence of abdominal s-chaetae s 3, 2 + 2 chaetae on Abd. IV sternite, serrated mucro, 4 + 4 teeth on the retinaculum. Integumentary channels not seen on head and trunk. The specimen is partially damaged, and no DNA data is available. Combination of characters does not fit any of the three above species. Specimens with the same features have been found in Russia, but so far we do not have sufficient data to discuss the status of the species.
Schneider, Clément, Panina, Ksenia (2023): Revision of Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903 reveals it to be another widespread Palearctic species of the genus (Collembola, Neelidae). Zootaxa 5318 (4): 474-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.2

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Revision of Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903 reveals it to be another widespread Palearctic species of the genus (Collembola, Neelidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Schneider, Clément, Panina, Ksenia (2023): Revision of Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903 reveals it to be another widespread Palearctic species of the genus (Collembola, Neelidae). Zootaxa 5318 (4): 474-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.2

Abstract

Megalothorax incertus B̂rner, 1903 is the second species of Megalothorax to have been discovered. The brevity of the original description left the species insufficiently defined.

In this work, we redescribe M. incertus from topotypes (Sicily) and describe a new species of the incertus -group: M. boerneri sp. nov. (France). We report the presence of M. incertus sensu nov. in France and Russia and validate a previous record from China based on molecular data. New records are also provided for a third species of the incertus - group, M. perspicillum Schneider & D’Haese, 2013. Novel DNA data (28S rDNA, 16S rDNA, COI) are provided for the three species. The interactive key of the Megalothorax species of the world is updated.

The three species are distinguished on subtle morphological characteristics and are found to be well-separated on the molecular based phylogenetic tree.

Megalothorax incertus sensu nov. joins M. perspicillum, M. minimus Willem, 1900 and M. willemi Schneider & D’Haese, 2013 in the club of widespread Megalothorax species in the Palearctic, and can be found in co-occurrence with them. Thus, the ecological distinction between those species remains unprecise.

Schneider C, Panina K, plazi (2023). Revision of Megalothorax incertus Börner, 1903 reveals it to be another widespread Palearctic species of the genus (Collembola, Neelidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qbjyxp accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-19.

CC0Published 7/21/2023View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
212419406
Dataset Key
3c1eedbd-6795-4560-a147-fd1320d5da1a
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2122164
Taxon ID
03FC6644DC482C7BFF79FE5C6E4DFD06.taxon
Last Crawled
6/18/2026
Last Interpreted
6/18/2026