Crossodonthina laterisensillata Ohira, Kataoka, Tanooka & Nakamori, 2022

Ohira, Atsuko & Nakamori, Taizo, 2025, Two new luminous species of Neanuridae (Collembola) and the discovery of bioluminescence in the genus Crossodonthina Yosii, Zootaxa 5659 (3), pp. 377-399 : 380

Crossodonthina laterisensillata Ohira, Kataoka, Tanooka & Nakamori, 2022

[Japanese name: Fuchimi-akahusa-ibotobimushi]

Figs 1B, 1G , 2 ; Table 1

Type locality. Shirahama , Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan .

Material examined. Specimens collected from the type locality: 1 male, 3 females, Shirahama , Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (24.3651°N, 123.7548°E, alt. 69 m) on 5 September 2023 by Ohira, A., Nakamori, T . and Takaesu, R. (one female deposited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan as voucher specimen; NSMT-Ap 730) ; 6 males, 3 females collected on 16 January 2024 by Ohira, A. and Nakamori , T .

Remarks. The presence of hr microchaetae on the anal valve was not described in the original description, but 2–3 and 3 hr microchaetae were present on each ventral anal valve and dorsal anal valve, respectively, in all specimens examined ( Fig. 2 , Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Living studied Collembola and bioluminescence: A–E, living specimens observed under bright-field conditions; F–J, bioluminescence observed under dark-field conditions. A and F, Crossodonthina elegans (NSMT-Ap 731 and NSMT- Ap 732, respectively); B and G, Crossodonthina laterisensillata (NSMT-Ap 733 and NSMT-Ap 734, respectively); C and H, Crossodonthina leodeus sp. nov. (NSMT-Ap 735 and NSMT-Ap 736, respectively); D and I, Lobella lucifera sp. nov. E and J, Lobella sauteri. Scale bars: 1 mm. The specimens photographed under bright-field and dark-field conditions are not the same individuals.

FIGURE 2. Crossodonthina laterisensillata sterna of Abd. II –VI. Abbreviations, see text. Scale bars: 500 μm. NSMT-Ap 730.