Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg), 1871: 146

Zeppelini, Douglas, 2006, The genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906 (Collembola, Appendiciphora, Arrhopalitidae) in the Neotropical Region, with description of four new cave species from Brazil, Zootaxa 1124, pp. 1-40 : 26-28

Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg), 1871: 146 .

Syn.: Sminthurus caecus Tullberg, 1871: 146 . Arrhopalites coecus Joseph, 1882 nec Tullberg, 1871. Sminthurus carniolicus Dalla Torre, 1895 .

Smynthurus banitus Folsom, 1896 .

Sminthurinus caecus (Tullberg) , Börner, 1901. Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg) , Börner, 1906.

Type locality: North Europe, under flower pots in houses. Types unknown.

( Fig. 12 A –K) Caecus ­group. Total length, 0.8–1.0 mm. Color white, eyes 1+1. Cephalic spinelike setae present. Ant. III not swollen basally. Ant. IV undivided. All ungues with inner tooth and a weak tunica, all unguiculi with corner tooth and apical filament. Dental chaetotaxy as shown in table 3, medial ve1 strongly spinelike, ventral dental formula 3: 2: 1: 1: 1. Anal valve chaetotaxy as in table 2, 2+2 cuticular spines present in each side of the anal valve. Biogeographic zone 24a in Neotropical region.

Figures

FIGURE 12. A. caecus. A, fourth antennal segment; B, apical subsegment of fourth antennal segment; C, apical sensory organ of third antennal segment; D, body setae (a, anterior, b, posterior); E, ventral and dorsal chaetotaxy of the dens; F, mucro; G, metatrochanteral organ; H, tenaculum; I, anal valve chaetotaxy; J, posterior cephalic chaetotaxy; K, foot complex (a, first leg, b, second leg, c, third leg).