Paralobella

Jiang, Jigang, Luan, Yunxia & Yin, Wenying, 2012, Paralobella palustris sp. nov. (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) from China, with remarks and key to species of the genus, Zootaxa 3500, pp. 70-76 : 76

Key to species of genus Paralobella

1 Chaeta O of tubercle Fr absent.......................................................................... 2

- Chaeta O of tubercle Fr present.......................................................................... 6

2 Tubercle Dl of Th. II–III with 5 (4+s) chaetae (besides of ms)............................................. erawan

- Tubercle Dl of Th. II–III with 4 (3+s) chaetae (besides of ms).................................................. 3

3 Tubercle Di of Th. II–III only with 1 chaeta, tubercle Oc on head only with Oc2 chaeta..................... selangorica

- Tubercle Di of Th. II–III with 2–3 chaetae, tubercle Oc on head with 2–3 chaetae.................................. 4

4 Tubercle Di of Th. II–III with 2 chaetae......................................................... penangensis

- Tubercle Di of Th. II–III with 3 chaetae................................................................... 5

5 Abd. I–III: tubercle De with 5 (4+s) chaetae, tubercle Dl with 3 chaetae; mandible complicated, totally with 16 teeth in two rows........................................................................................... apsala

- Abd. I–III: tubercle De with 4 (3+s) chaetae, tubercle Dl with 2 chaetae; mandible relatively simple, with 5 or 6 teeth in one row...................................................................................... kinabaluensis

6 Tubercle De of Th. II–III with 4 (s+3) chaetae, VT with 3+3 chaetae...................................... sabahna

- Tubercle De of Th. II–III with 5 (s+4) chaetae, VT with 4(5)+4(5) chaetae........................................ 7

7 Tubercle Di of Th. I only with 1 chaeta.................................................................... 8

- Tubercle Di of Th. I with 2 chaetae...................................................................... 10

8 Tubercle Di of Th. II–III with 2 chaetae, tubercle De of Th. II–III with 4 (s+3) chaetae........................ perfusa

- Tubercle Di of Th. II–III with 3 chaetae, tubercle De of Th. II–III with 5 (s+4) chaetae............................. 9

9 Tubercle L of Abd. II–III with 4 (3+s) chaetae, mandible with 5 teeth...................................... orousseti

- Tubercle L of Abd. II–III with 5 (4+s) chaetae, mandible with 20 teeth............................. palustris sp. nov.

10 Tubercle Dl of Th. II–III with 4 (3+s) chaetae, tubercle Dl of Abd. IV with 6 (5+s) chaetae............... khaochongensis

- Tubercle Dl of Th. II–III with 5 (4+s) chaetae, tubercle Dl of Abd. IV with 3 (2+s) chaetae.................. paraperfusa