Alloscopus tetracanthus Börner, 1906

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 : 232

Alloscopus tetracanthus Börner, 1906

Fig. 8

Diagnosis. Eyes 1+1, postantennal organ semi divided, dorsal head with A0, A2, A4, M1–3, and Pa5 mac. Formula of central mac from Th. II to Abd. IV: 10–12, 6| 3, 1, 1, 2. Tibiotarsi with two rows of smooth chaetae. Manubrium with 3+3 or 4+4 smooth chaetae, dens with 3–7 spines in a single row, mucronal spine absent (adapted from Cipola et al. 2016).

Remarks. This is the most widespread species of the genus, known from the Southern Asia to Eastern Australia ( Bellinger et al. 1996 –2021). Further details on A. tetracanthus are presented in Mari-Mutt (1982) and Cipola et al. (2016).

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FIGURE 8. Distribution of Australian Orchesellidae.