Homidia hjesanica Szeptycki, 1973

Baquero, Enrique, Potapov, Mikhail & Jordana, Rafael, 2021, New species and a new record of Entomobryinae (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha) from Amurskaya Region (the Far East of Russia), Zootaxa 4969 (1), pp. 119-134 : 132

Homidia hjesanica Szeptycki, 1973

Material studied. RUSSIA, Amurskaya Region : ~ 3 km NE Arkhara, top of hill, dry young oak-forest, litter (49.47551, 130.12499, 242m a.s.l.), 17.viii.2014, hand collection, one female on a slide (AO2014-2R-17) and 16 specimens in ethyl alcohol (AO2014-2R-18 to 27, AO2014-5R-04 to 09); Khingansky Reserve , near (3km W) Kundur, the valley of Karapcha River , S slope, dry oak forest, under bark (49.11279, 130.72959, 185m a.s.l.), 19.viii.2014, hand collection, two specimens in ethyl alcohol (AO2014-16R-01 and 02); Khingansky Reserve , Kundur, (49.103646, 130.758800, 168 m a.s.l.), 19.viii.2014, hand collection in pools on road, seven specimens in ethyl alcohol (AO2014-18R-01 to 07), in grass turf, seven specimens in ethyl alcohol (AO2014-19R-02 to 08); Zeysky Reserve, ~ up from 52 km of road Zeya-Beregovoy, near “Gol’tsy” station, on the bark of birch (54.1239, 126.93059, 1360 m a.s.l.), 20.viii.2014, hand collection, one specimen juvenile in ethyl alcohol (AO2014-20R-01); and Blagoveschensk, sandy bank of Zeya River, on the sand in turf (50.277257, 127.571377, 117 m a.s.l.), 24.viii.2014, hand collection, one female on a slide (AO2014-41R-23) and seven in ethyl alcohol (AO2014-41R-24 to 30). All Potapov, M. and Kuznetsova, N. leg.

Ecology. The species appears to be eurytopic in the Amurskaya Region.