Paronellides Schött, 1925

Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante & Cipola, Nikolas Gioia, 2017, The Neotropical genera of Paronellinae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea, Paronellidae) with description of two new species and redescription of Campylothorax mitrai, Zootaxa 4300 (2), pp. 151-179 : 161

Genus Paronellides Schött, 1925

Diagnosis. Specimens pigmented. Scales absent. Body dorsally covered by several ciliate mac/mes/mic. Antennae shorter or subequal to the body length. Prelabral chaetae smooth. Eyes 8+8. Mesonotum normal, not strongly projected forward. Tibiotarsi can be apparently segmented. Abd. II to IV bothriotricha formula as 2/3/2; Abd. IV antero-medially with a transverse line of mac. Manubrium without spines; dens dorsally with elongated ciliate spiniform mac, subapical appendix of dens absent; mucro small with 2 or 3 teeth (adapted from Salmon 1941, Mitra 1993a, b).

Remarks on Brazilian fauna. The only species of Paronellides reported from Neotropical Region is Paronellides alticolus ( Arlé, 1939) , from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. This species is known only from its type locality. We analyzed specimens originally studied by Arlé, but the poor preservation of the slides medium made it impossible to add details to the description of the dorsal chaetotaxy. This character system must be described to make possible future comparisons or descriptions within the genus in Neotropical Region. Also, information on chaetotaxy may confirm if P. alticolus var. pallida ( Arlé, 1939) represents only a color variant or a distinct species taxon.