Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956

Vargovitsh, Robert S., 2025, Antennal troglomorphy in Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) with the description of two new cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 species from the Arabika Massif in the Caucasus, Zootaxa 5673 (4), pp. 523-556 : 551-552

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.4.3

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9AE749B4-1845-40A1-A9C4-AC94ACC7FABA

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8F2F2F2D-A73F-FF8E-FF1F-4B1131A8FEB4

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Plazi

scientific name

Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956
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Key to genera of the Caucasian Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956 View in CoL

1 Seta FSa on tibiotarsi I and II present; dens with 3, 2, 1, 1 anterior setae; tenaculum with two setae; Ant II with 15 setae; prefurcal area of the great abdomen with 9 setae; trichobothria ABC form a very obtuse angle, with AB <BC................................................................................... Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 View in CoL

- Seta FSa on tibiotarsi I and II absent; dens with 3, 2, 1, 1, 1 anterior setae; tenaculum with one seta; Ant II with 14 setae; prefurcal area with 8 setae; trichobothria ABC alignment otherwise............................................. 2

2 Trichobothria ABC form an approximately right angle, with AB> BC; dorsal valve of the female Abd VI with 10–11 + 2 axial setae per side; Ant IV with up to 7 subsegments.... Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 View in CoL ( caecus View in CoL -group s. str. sensu Vargovitsh 2013)

- Trichobothria ABC align in one line, with AB subequal to BC; dorsal valve of the female Abd VI with 7 + 2 axial setae per side; Ant IV with 13 subsegments........ Troglopalites Vargovitsh, 2012 View in CoL , one species: T. stygios Vargovitsh, 2012 View in CoL (troglobiont)

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