Yuukianura pacifica ( Yosii, 1971 ) Deharveng & Palacios-Vargas & Bedos, 2017

Deharveng, Louis, Palacios-Vargas, José G. & Bedos, Anne, 2017, A list of Yuukianura Yosii, 1955 species of the world (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae: Lobellini), with description of a new species of unusual ecology from Santo Island (Vanuatu), Zoosystema 39 (1), pp. 55-67 : 58

Yuukianura pacifica ( Yosii, 1971) n. comb.

Lobella pacifica Yosii, 1971: 281 .

Lobella (Lobella) pacifica – Yosii 1977: 150.

TYPE COUNTRY. — Japan.

DISTRIBUTION. — Japan.

REMARK

This species presents the following characters that are diagnosic of Yuukianura : a flat parallel habitus with poorly developed tubercles, complex mouthparts and a lateral shift of chaetae Di towards the De group on Abd. V. For this reason, we propose to transfer it to that genus, as Yuukianura pacifica n. comb.

Yuukianura hawaiiensis

( Bellinger & Christiansen, 1974) n. comb.

Protanura hawaiiensis Bellinger & Christiansen, 1974: 31 .

Neanura (Protanura) hawaiiensis Christiansen & Bellinger, 1992: 81 .

TYPE COUNTRY. — Hawaii.

DISTRIBUTION. — Hawaii.

REMARK

This species presents the following characters that are diagnosic of Yuukianura : a flat parallel habitus with poorly developed tubercles, complex mouthparts and a lateral shift of chaetae Di towards the De group on Abd. V. For this reason, we propose to transfer it to that genus, as Yuukianura hawaiiensis n. comb.

Yuukianura szeptyckii

Deharveng & Weiner, 1984

Yuukianura szeptyckii Deharveng & Weiner, 1984: 50 .

TYPE COUNTRY. — North Korea.

DISTRIBUTION. — North Korea, Japan ( Tanaka & Hasegawa 2010).