Brachystomella platensis Najt & Massoud, 1974

Silveira, Tatiana Cristina Da & Mendonça, Maria Cleide De, 2020, Collembola Poduromorpha from two littoral areas of northern Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Zootaxa 4885 (2), pp. 207-220 : 210

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4334534
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scientific name	Brachystomella platensis Najt & Massoud, 1974
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Material examined: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Costa do Sol State Park , sand beach and litter of “restinga” areas; Silveira, T.C. coll. 30/IV/2015 : 41 exs; 30/ VI /2015: 2 exs; 23/VII/2015: 4 exs; 16/XI/2015: 17 exs; 01/XII/2015: 53 exs; 19/III/2016: 318 exs.

Remarks: This species was described based on a material found in forest soils from La Plata region ( Argentina). It was first reported in Espírito Santo in the Brazilian littoral, in sands of Itaparica beach ( Fernandes & Mendonça 2010) and it was found in “Restinga” da Marambaia in Rio de Janeiro. In the present study, B. platensis was found only in “restinga” areas of Costa do Sol State Park.