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Collophora africana

Collophora africana

Delamare-Deboutteville & Massoud, 1964

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Diagnosis. Purplish blue with diffuse yellow spots. Ant. IV with a blunt sensillum, without ciliated chaetae, undivided. One sensilla next to bothriothrica D, leaf shaped. Small abdomen of the female with ms 1 as a regular chaeta, ps 1 – ps 2 serrated, with 2 + 2 dorsal and 1 – 2 + 1 – 2 ventral winged circumanal chaetae. Trochanteral regular chaetae (disregarding the trochanteral organ) formula as 3 / 2 / 2 in legs I – III, respectively. Femur I with two spines. Ungues I – III with a single inner tooth and tunica. Unguiculi I – II with an inner tooth, unguiculus III devoid of such structure. Dens with a basal appendage and nine dorsal chaetae, seven of them as spines (adapted from Delamare-Deboutteville and Massoud 1964 b).
Medeiros, Gleyce da Silva, dos Santos, Manuela Lima Valério, Nunes Godeiro, Nerivânia, Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante (2025): A survey of Collophora Richards (Collembola, Collophoridae), with a new species from Brazil and an identification key for the genus. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 557-568, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.165410

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AnimaliaArthropodaCollembolaSymphypleonaCollophoridaeCollophoraCollophora africana

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A survey of Collophora Richards (Collembola, Collophoridae), with a new species from Brazil and an identification key for the genus

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Medeiros, Gleyce da Silva, dos Santos, Manuela Lima Valério, Nunes Godeiro, Nerivânia, Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante (2025): A survey of Collophora Richards (Collembola, Collophoridae), with a new species from Brazil and an identification key for the genus. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 557-568, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.165410

Abstract

Katiannoidea Bretfeld is a widespread superfamily of Symphypleona that holds taxa with a trochanteral organ on leg III. Collophoridae is a monogeneric family of Katiannoidea composed solely of Collophora Richards, and its species are characterized by having 4 + 4 eyes and a modified capitate bothriotrichum D. The genus has a mostly Holotropical distribution, with species found in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The overall morphology of Collophora remains poorly understood, as most species descriptions are insufficient by current Symphypleona taxonomic standards. In this study, we describe a new species of Collophora from northeastern Brazil, characterized especially by its purple body, the presence of ciliated chaetae on the fourth antennal segment, a manubrium with 4 + 4 chaetae, and a dens with eight dorsal chaetae, four of which are modified into spines. We also provide a bibliographic survey with the diagnoses of all Collophora species, an identification key, and a brief discussion on the validity of the families within Katiannoidea, which have never been properly tested using modern phylogenetic methods.

Medeiros G D S, dos Santos M L V, Nunes Godeiro N, Bellini B C, pensoft (2025). A survey of Collophora Richards (Collembola, Collophoridae), with a new species from Brazil and an identification key for the genus. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5ayd2m accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/3/2025View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
307485651
Dataset Key
7c7312b8-3091-4826-9160-d898d1c4c0fe
Origin
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Backbone Key
10734045
Taxon ID
B66D5716FD5D55DE92032090FB2B90A4.taxon
Last Crawled
6/5/2026
Last Interpreted
6/5/2026
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