Ceratophysella sp.

Arbea 1, Javier I., Lopez 2, Virginia Garcia, Soria 2, Francisco Javier & Abellan 2, Pedro, 2021, Collembola from Hundidero-Gato Cave in Southern Spain, with the description of a new species of Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 (Collembola, Entomobryidae), Subterranean Biology 38, pp. 77-90 : 77

Ceratophysella sp.

Material studied.

Cueva del Gato , twilight zone, 27-III-2016, 1 ♀

The single individual collected apparently represents an undescribed species similar to C. norensis Cassagnau, 1965, characterized by A-type of chaetotaxy (p1 chaeta shorter than p2 chaeta on Abd IV), dens with 6 chaetae, the basal chaeta more than twice as long as the others, retinaculum with 4+4 teeth, tibiotarsi with one pointed tenent hair, claw with one internal tooth and two lateral teeth, filament of empodium 2/3 as long as the inner edge of claw, Ant IV with trilobed apical bulb and 7 thin sensilla, slender anal spines 1.5 times the long of the claws and 1.8 mm length. The species is dark blue and does not show characters typically present in cave-adapted species.

Additional material is needed to confirm the identity of the species.