Lepidocyrtinus andevo, Cipola & Morais & Bellini, 2020

Cipola, Nikolas Gioia, Morais, José Wellington De & Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante, 2020, Review of Lepidocyrtinus Börner, 1903 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae): the African species, Zootaxa 4898 (1), pp. 1-110 : 77-84

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4898.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4421082
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scientific name	Lepidocyrtinus andevo
status	sp. nov.

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Lepidocyrtinus andevo View in CoL sp. nov. Cipola & Bellini

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Type Material. Holotype female on slide (54085/ CAS): Madagascar, Toamasina, Ankerana municipality, 18°24’23”S, 048°48’09”E ( Fig. 55 View FIGURE 55 ), Montane forest , 1108 m, 19-24.i.2012, Malaise trap, BL Fisher coll. 15 paratypes: 3 males, 4 females and 1 juvenile on slides and 5 specimens in alcohol (54085/ CAS); 1 male and 1 female on slides (54085/ CAS donated to INPA-CLL 000030 ), same data as holotype. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Body with dark blue pigments all over Ant I–IV, Th II laterally and femur I–III ( Fig. 61 View FIGURE 61 ); head mac A0, A2–3, A5, M1–2, S0–3 and S5–6 present; prelabral chaetae smooth; labial papilla E with l.p. conical and reduced ( Figs 62 View FIGURE 62 D–F); basolateral and basomedian labial fields with chaetae R (smaller than the others), L1–2 ciliated and e smooth; Th II projected anteriorly and with 6–7 anterior, 8 median (m1ip, m4–4p present, m4i mac absent) and 9–11 posterior mac (p2ep absent, p3 as mac); Th III–Abd II with 9–10, 2–4, 3–4 central mac respectively; Abd IV with 10–12 central mac and 14–16 lateral mac ( Figs 63 View FIGURE 63 , 64B View FIGURE 64 ); unguis a.t. absent; unguiculus pe lamella smooth and with a small proximal tooth ( Fig. 65E View FIGURE 65 ); collophore anteriorly with 9 spine-like chaetae and 4 ciliated chaetae apically acuminate, posteriorly with 10 spines, smooth chaeta present ( Fig. 66A View FIGURE 66 ); manubrium ventrally with 0/4 subapical chaetae; manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac abruptly acuminate at the apex; dens with 1–12 blunt mac, 3 apically bullet-like and up to 9 abruptly acuminate at the apex ( Figs 66 View FIGURE 66 B–C).

Description. Total length (head + trunk) of specimens 3.97–5.10 (n=4), holotype 5.10 mm. Specimens pale white with dark blue pigment on Ant I–IV, lateral Th II, anterior coxa III, trochanter and femur completely, lighter on tibiotarsus; eyepatches black ( Fig. 61 View FIGURE 61 ). Scales present on Ant I to proximal one quarter of Ant IV, dorsal and ven-tral head, dorsal thorax and abdomen, legs (except empodia), anterior and posterior collophore, ventral and dorsal manubrium and dens ventrally.

Head. Antennae subequal to trunk length ( Fig. 61 View FIGURE 61 ); ratio antennae: trunk = 1: 0.96–1.14 (n=4), holotype 1: 0.98; antennal segments ratio as I: II: III: IV = 1: 1.21–1.37: 1.18–1.47: 2.77–3.48, holotype 1: 1.23: 1.18: 2.77. Ant IV annulated on distal three fourths, with apical bulb apically unilobed, bilobed or trilobed.Ant III not annulated, apical organ with 2 elongated rods, 3 spiny guard sens, s-blunt sens of different sizes and ciliated chaetae ( Fig. 62A View FIGURE 62 ). Ant I dorsally with 4 median mac surrounded by ciliated guard mic and 13 smooth mic at the base, without spines ( Fig. 62B View FIGURE 62 ). Eyes A and B larger, G and H smaller, others subequal, and with 5 ‘IO’ chaetae; head dorsal macrochaetotaxy with 15–16 An, 4 A, 3 M, 7 S and 1 Ps mac ( Fig. 62F View FIGURE 62 ). Clypeal formula with 6 (l12, l1–2), 15 (ft), 2 (pf1) ciliated chaetae, l1 larger than the others and apically acuminate, pf0 absent, others subequal ( Fig. 62C View FIGURE 62 ). Prelabral chaetae smooth, sometimes bifurcated. Labral p0 chaeta sometimes with median filament, p1 larger than the others ( Fig. 62D View FIGURE 62 ). Labral papillae with two rounded projections, outer papillae absent. Maxillary palp with smooth t.a. and b.c. weakly ciliated, thicker and 1.39 longer than the t.a. Labial papilla E with l.p. conical and reduced ( Fig. 62E View FIGURE 62 ). Basolateral and basomedian labial fields with chaetae M1–2, R (smaller than the others), L1–2 ciliated, e smooth. Ventral head with about 13 ciliated chaetae, postlabial formula with 4 (G1–4), 3 (H2–4), 4 (J1–4) chaetae, H3 sometimes thin and smaller, and 1 b.c. larger than the others surrounding the cephalic groove ( Fig. 62G View FIGURE 62 ).

Thorax chaetotaxy ( Fig. 63 View FIGURE 63 A–B). Th II projected anteriorly, a, m and p series with 6–7, 8 and 9–11 mac, respectively, and about 20 secondary psp. Th III a, m and p series with 5–6, 1 and 7 mac, respectively, and about 10 secondary psp. Ratio Th II: III = 2.93–1.95: 1 (n=4), holotype 2.93: 1.

Abdomen chaetotaxy ( Figs 63 View FIGURE 63 C–D, 64A–C). Abd I a, m and p series with 0–1, 2–3 and 0 mac, respectively, and about 5 secondary psp. Abd II a, m and p series with 1, 3–4 and 0 mac, respectively, and about 11 secondary psp. Abd III a, m and p series with 0, 3 and 1 mac, respectively, and about 16 secondary psp. Abd IV with 10–12 central mac on A–T series and 14–16 lateral mac on E–Fe series; about 11 secondary psp, at least 6 posterior sens (ps type I, others type II) and 5 posterior mes. Abd V a, m and p series with 1, 4 and 6 mac, respectively. Ratio Abd III: IV = 1: 6.65–4.78 (n= 4), holotype 1: 4.78.

Legs. Subcoxa I with 6 chaetae on a row, 12 anterior chaetae and 2 psp; subcoxa II with an anterior row of 17 chaetae, posterior row of 10 chaetae and 4 psp; subcoxa III with one row of 13 chaetae and 2 posterior psp ( Fig. 65 View FIGURE 65 A–C). Trochanteral organ with about 68 spine-like chaetae ( Fig. 65D View FIGURE 65 ). Tibiotarsus III sometimes subdivided on distal two thirds, outer side with 3 proximal large chaetae apically acuminate, inner side with 7 mac weakly ciliated. Unguis with 3 inner teeth, b.t. smaller than m.t., a.t. absent. Unguiculus with all lamellae smooth and acuminate, except pe with a small proximal tooth; ratio unguis: unguiculus = 1: 0.49. Tibiotarsal smooth chaeta 1.12 larger than unguiculus and tenent hair 0.51 smaller than unguis outer edge ( Fig. 65E View FIGURE 65 ).

Collophore. Anterior side with 20 chaetae, 9 proximal spine-like chaetae, 1 thin ciliated chaeta, 4 ciliated chaetae apically acuminate and 6 mac distally; posterior side with 28 chaetae (3 unpaired), 10 spines, 17 thin ciliated chaetae widely distributed and 1 smooth chaetae distally; lateral flap with about 88 chaetae, 11 smooth and 77 ciliated ( Fig. 66A View FIGURE 66 ).

Furcula. Manubrium ventral formula with 0, 0, 0, 0/4 (subapical), 14–16 (apical) ciliated chaetae plus approximately 35 elongated apical scales per side ( Fig. 66B View FIGURE 66 ); manubrial plate with 2–3 blunt mac ciliated abruptly acumi-nate at apex, 17 ciliated chaetae of different sizes and 2 psp. Dorsal dens with one row of 1–12 blunt mac weakly ciliated, 3 proximal apically bullet-like and up to 9 abruptly acuminate at the apex, holotype with 3+9 ( Fig. 66C View FIGURE 66 ).

Etymology. The epithet “andevo” is proposed to honor the black slaves that constituted about a third of the Merina society of Madagascar during the 19th century.

Remarks. Lepidocyrtinus andevo sp. nov. resembles other species from Madagascar ( Table 5 View TABLE 5 ). See the comparison among them in the remarks of L. iegoi sp. nov.