Trogolaphysa monomaculata ( Barra, 1969 )

Nguyen, Minh & Soto-Adames, Felipe N., 2018, Annotated checklist of Afrotropical Trogolaphysa Mills, 1938 (Hexapoda: Collembola: Paronellidae) and description of a new species from Madagascar, Zoosystema 40 (10), pp. 179-196 : 188

Trogolaphysa monomaculata ( Barra, 1969)

Paronella (Microparonella) monomaculata Barra, 1969: 189 , 212- 215, fig. 7A-K (Ipassa, Gabon).

Lepidonella monomaculata – Deharveng & Bedos 1995: 22.

Trogolaphysa monomaculata – Soto-Adames & Bellini 2015: 337.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Ipassa , Gabon.

DISTRIBUTION. — Gabon.

REMARKS

Barra (1969) described this species in the subgenus Microparonella . Deharveng & Bedos (1995) transferred all species assigned to Microparonella to the genus Lepidonella , but did not comment on the status of L. monomaculata . Soto-Adames & Bellini (2015) transferred the species to Trogolaphysa based on the chaetotaxy (2, 3, 3 bothriotricha on abdominal segments 2-4 and absence of head chaeta Ps 3) illustrated by Barra (1969). The habitus ( Barra 1969: fig. 7A), mucro (fig. 7J, K) and claw shape (fig. 7G, H, I) suggest the species was described based on immature specimens.

Trogolaphysa monomaculata is characterized by a uniformly light blue body, antennae, head, and legs, with a distinctive dark blue square band on 4 th abdominal segment; scales present on antennal segments 1-3 and on coxa, trochanter and femur of all legs; tenet hair long and weakly spatulate; unguis with 3 inner teeth, one paired tooth clearly larger than the other ( Fig. 5D ); unguiculus lanceolate; dens with two rows of ciliated spines; mucro rectangular, long, with 5 teeth.

This species is unique among African forms in having a broad band on 4 th abdominal segment and a long, fivetoothed mucro with teeth evenly distributed throughout its length.

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, Trogolaphysa grassei (Delamare Debouteville, 1952) n. comb.hind claw form Delamare-Deboutteville (1952);B, T. ghesquierei (Marlier,1945) n. comb. hind claw from Marlier (1945);C, T. fuelleborni n. comb.hind claw from Börner (1903); D, T.monomaculata, hind claw from Barra (1969);E, L. flava, hind claw from Carpenter (1916); F, T. monomaculata, mucro from Barra (1969); G, T. vivieni, mucro from Barra (1969); H, T. beguei (Delamare Debouteville, 1951) n. comb, hind claw complex, modified from Delamare Deboutteville (1951a); I, T. lamottei (Delamare Debouteville,1950) n. comb.habitus, modified from Delamare Deboutteville (1950b); J, T. beguei n. comb. habitus, modified from Delamare Deboutteville (1951a).