Sinella sunae Pan, Zhang & Shi, 2012

Ding, Yin-Huan & Zhang, Feng, 2015, Contribution to the eyed Sinella from China: two new species and additional reports on nine known species (Collembola: Entomobryidae), Zootaxa 3973 (3), pp. 474-490 : 486

Sinella sunae Pan, Zhang & Shi, 2012

Figs 8 , 52– 54

Type locality. China, Sichuan, Jiuzhaigou.

Material examined. Holotype and 2 paratypes; male on slide, China: Yunnan Province, 26.643 °N, 98.905 °E, alt. 1149 m, in litter, 11.x. 2014, C-Y Qin leg. (# 14 YN 2).

Additional description. Clypeal chaetae 7, all smooth and arranged in two rows ( Fig. 52 ). Chaeta X 2 as a mic. Cephalic groove with 7 chaetae, anterior four smooth and posterior three ciliate; the anterior two ciliate ones much smaller ( Fig. 53 ). Abd. IV with 6 + 6 (I, M, B 4, B 5, A 4, A 6) central and 5 + 5 (F 1, E 2–4, D 3) mac in newly collected specimens ( Fig. 54 ).

Distribution. Sichuan, Yunnan.

Remarks. Additional microchaeta X 2 and mac A 4 on Abd. IV occur in single male specimen from new records (Yunnan), while socket of A 4 is obviously smaller than other mac. More details see Pan et al. (2012).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 10. Habitus: 7, S. quinocula; 8, S. sunae; 9, S. umesaoi; 10, S. wui. Photos of species were taken from fresh material.

FIGURES 51 – 59. 51, labial and post-labial chaetae in S. quinocula; 52 – 54, S. sunae; 52, clypeal chaetae; 53, labial and postlabial chaetae; 54, chaetotaxy of Abd. IV, only two short S-chaetae (as, ps) shown and others unclear; 55 – 56, S. transoculata; 55, hind claw; 56, clypeal chaetae; 57, clypeal chaetae in S. umesaoi; 58 – 59, S. wui; 58, clypeal chaetae; 59, lateral flap of ventral tube.