Falcomurus Mandal, 2018

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 : 233

Genus Falcomurus Mandal, 2018

Diagnosis. Habitus similar to Dicranocentrus . Apically rounded or truncate scales present, as in other Heteromurini . Ant. I subdivided, Ant. II subdivided or undivided, Ant. III–IV annulated, devoid of scales. Dorsal head lacking A1, M3–4, S0, S2 mac. Postantennal organ absent. Eyes 8+8. Prelabral chaetae smooth and not bifurcate, at least labral a1 chaeta enlarged. Eyes 8+8, postantennal organ absent. Trunk dorsal macrochaetotaxy reduced, Abd. I devoid of mac, Abd. V with three sens. Unguis short, internally with only the basal paired teeth, unguiculus excavated (swollen at its basis with the apical internal region concave). Proximal dens with a typically falcate (sinuous) ciliate mac, dental spines absent, mucro bidentate, without the mucronal spine (adapted from Bellini et al. 2021).

Remarks. More details on the morphology, ecology and distribution of the genus are discussed in Mandal (2018) and Bellini et al. (2021).