Rambutanura Deharveng, 1988

Babenko, Anatoly & Antipova, Maria, 2024, A new species of the genus Rambutanura Deharveng, 1988 from southern Vietnam (Collembola, Neanuridae), Zootaxa 5486 (1), pp. 142-150 : 148-149

Key to species of the genus Rambutanura Deharveng, 1988

(modified from Dong et al. 2018)

1 Mandible comblike with more than 12 teeth and an additional ramus divided apically into few branches................ 2

- Mandible with at most 6–7 teeth and without additional ramus................................................. 4

2 At least some of dorsal tubercles on head and thorax prolong, finger-shaped....................................... 3

- Finger-shaped tubercles developed only on the last three abdominal segments........................ R. oblita sp. nov.

3 Th. I without finger-shaped tubercles; tubercles De and Dl on Abd. I–III are not elongated; mandible with more than 22 small teeth besides a large basal one...................................................... R. dawydoffi ( Denis, 1934)

- Th. I with finger-shaped tubercles; tubercles De and Dl on Abd. I–III finger-shaped; mandible with 17–19 small teeth and a large basal one................................................................... R. malayana ( Yosii, 1976)

4 All body tubercles prominent, but not finger-shaped; tubercles Di on Th. I–Abd. IV with sensilla............................................................................................... R. hunanensis Jiang & Dong, 2018

- Most of dorsal tubercles on the terga finger-shaped; tubercles Di without sensilla.................................. 5

5 Mandible with 6–7 teeth; tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. IV finger-shaped; tubercles L on Abd. I–III with 4, 4 and 5 sensilla, respectively................................................................. R. yoshiiana Deharveng, 1988

- Mandible with 3 teeth; tubercle Di on Th. I–Abd. IV not finger-shaped; each tubercles L on Abd. I–III with only one sensillum....................................................................... R. carcharia Smolis, 2007