Trogolaphysa lamottei (Delamare Debouteville, 1950) Nguyen & Soto-Adames, 2018

Nguyen, Minh & Soto-Adames, Felipe N., 2018, Annotated checklist of Afrotropical Trogolaphysa Mills, 1938 (Hexapoda: Collembola: Paronellidae) and description of a new species from Madagascar, Zoosystema 40 (10), pp. 179-196 : 183-184

Trogolaphysa lamottei (Delamare Debouteville, 1950) n. comb.

Paronella lamottei Delamare Debouteville, 1950b: 43 -44 , figs 1-6 (Mt Nimba, Guinea).

Dicranocentruga lamottei – Mitra 2002c: 114.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Mt Nimba , Guinea.

DISTRIBUTION. — Guinea.

REMARKS

This species has not been reported again since the original description. The only additional relevant citation is that by Mitra (2002c), in which he transferred it to the genus Dicranocentruga.

Paronella lamottei is placed in Trogolaphysa based on the shape of the mucro and absence of manubrial spines. However, this species approaches Paronella /Trychorypha atrofasciata in the presence of relatively long antennae and in having the manubrium distinctly longer than the dens, and it ultimately may belong to that species/genus group.

Paronella lamottei is characterized by a long and thin body, with relatively long antennae, which is common in cave forms but atypical for surface Trogolaphysa ; body white, except for lateral margins of the mesothorax to the 1 st abdominal segment and tibiotarsi; 1 st antennal segment white, but all other segments dark blue; tenet hair relatively long and strongly spatulate; unguis with 4 inner teeth; unguiculus lanceolate; dens with two rows of spines; and mucro with 4 teeth.

This species should be easy to recognize by its general habitus and color pattern ( Fig. 5I ).

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, Trogolaphysa grassei (Delamare Debouteville, 1952) n. comb.hind claw form Delamare-Deboutteville (1952);B, T. ghesquierei (Marlier,1945) n. comb. hind claw from Marlier (1945);C, T. fuelleborni n. comb.hind claw from Börner (1903); D, T.monomaculata, hind claw from Barra (1969);E, L. flava, hind claw from Carpenter (1916); F, T. monomaculata, mucro from Barra (1969); G, T. vivieni, mucro from Barra (1969); H, T. beguei (Delamare Debouteville, 1951) n. comb, hind claw complex, modified from Delamare Deboutteville (1951a); I, T. lamottei (Delamare Debouteville,1950) n. comb.habitus, modified from Delamare Deboutteville (1950b); J, T. beguei n. comb. habitus, modified from Delamare Deboutteville (1951a).