Tomocerus kinoshitai Yosii, 1954

Ma, Yitong, 2011, A new species of Tomocerus (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from China, Zootaxa 2756, pp. 61-64 : 63-64

Tomocerus kinoshitai Yosii, 1954

Figs 14 – 15

Tomocerus kinoshitai Yosii, 1954: 814 , fig. 29; 1967: 20, fig. 10; Martynova,1969: 307, fig. 10; Lee 1975: 951; Liu and Hou, 1998: 1; Huang and Liu, 1999: 20, fig. 2–3; Sun, Liang and Huang, 2007a: 55; 2007b: 577.

Specimens examined: 12 females, CHINA, Jilin, Fusong County, Xianren Bridge.

This species was described ( Yosii 1954) from Japan and reported from Korea ( Lee 1975), Vladivostoc, Russia ( Martynova 1969) and five (Chongqing, Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangxi) provinces of China ( Liu & Hou 1998; Huang & Liu 1999; Sun, Liang and Huang 2007a & b). It can be easily separated from the other species of the genus Tomocerus by the following characters: antennae about half length of body, tenaculum with 1 seta and dental spine formula as 3 – 4/ 1 – 2, II ( Sun, Liang and Huang,2007a & b). The Jilin specimens agree well with the description of Yosii (1954, 1967) except that one hind tibiotarsus has 5 blunt spine-like setae instead of 1–2 and one specimen has 2 setae on the tenaculum rather than 1.

The study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2006FY 120100) and Nantong University (05024273). Thanks are also given to Prof. Chen for his help in preparing this manuscript.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 15. Tomocerus kinoshitai Yosii 1954. 14, hind tibiotarsus, showing blunt spiny setae; 15, tenaculum.