Falcomurus pulukokos Bellini, Souza & Greenslade, 2021

Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante, Greenslade, Penelope, Baquero, Enrique, Jordana, Rafael & Souza, Paolla Gabryelle Cavalcante De, 2022, A synthesis of the current knowledge on the Australian Orchesellidae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea), Zootaxa 5115 (2), pp. 221-257 : 234

Falcomurus pulukokos Bellini, Souza & Greenslade, 2021

Fig. 8

Diagnosis. Ant. IV without pin projection, Ant. II subdivided and with scales. Labral a1–2, m2 chaetae enlarged, two well developed inner labral papillae present. Dorsal head with An1a, Pm1, and Pp1 mac, without Ps2 and Pp5 mac, interocular area with three ciliate chaetae and one scale. Mandible apex normal. Post-labial quadrangle with two smooth chaetae, anterior post-labial region with other two smooth chaetae near the labium. Th. II with two m4 and four central p mac, respectively. Abd. IV with two central mac. Ventral tube without scales, lateral flap with about 22 smooth chaetae. Trochanteral organ with at least 20 chaetae. Tibiotarsi unscaled. Unguiculus with the outer tooth. Dorsal manubrium without short smooth chaetae, manubrial plate with 7–8 chaetae ( Bellini et al. 2021).

Remarks. This species is only known from the Cocos and Keeling West Island, and it was collected near to the beach, also in the intertidal zone ( Bellini et al. 2021).

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FIGURE 8. Distribution of Australian Orchesellidae.