Folsomia pseudodecemoculata Stebaeva, 1971

Potapov, Mikhail & Gulgenova, Ayuna, 2013, Isotomidae (Collembola) of Buryat Republic. II. A revision of the genus Folsomia, Zootaxa 3682 (2), pp. 305-330 : 321

Folsomia pseudodecemoculata Stebaeva, 1971

Discussion. The species is easy to identify by 5 black ocelli and short chaetae on body. A form with unpigmented ommatidia often occurs among normal specimens.

Distribution and ecology. The species is distributed in arid areas of S Siberia (Khakassia, Altai, Tuva, Chita area). It was recorded in Burytia by Chimitova et al. (2010) ( Fig. 1 : loc. 2). Only in steppes, penetrates to salty places, very rare in dry forests.

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FIGURE 1. The sampling sites in Buryatia: 1 – 2 — Vitim Plateau (1 — Konda Basin, 2 — Eravna Basin), 3 – 5 — Selenga Low Plateau (3 — Zagansky Range, 4 — vicinities of Schuch'ye Lake, 5 — vicinities of Karasinoye Lake), 6 – 8 — Barguzinsky Range (6 — Ust' - Barguzin, 7 — vicinities of Barguzin, 8 — upper flow of Barguzin River), 9 — Khamar-Daban Range, 10 — Tunkinskiye Gol'tsy Range, 11 — vicinities of Ulan-Ude, 12 — estuary of Selenga River, 13 — vicinities of Khorinsk, 14 — vicinities of Unnokent'evka, 15 –– Turka.