Acherontides, Bonet, 1945

Araujo De Lima, Estevam C., Stievano, Luis Carlos & Zeppelini, Douglas, 2019, A new species of Acherontides (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) from Brazil, with an identification key, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 141-150 : 148

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Key to world species of Acherontides

1 Furca reduced; small mucro, reduced to small appendage or absent............................................. 2

- Furca normal, mucro present............................................................................ 7

2 Dens with 2+2 basal, dorsal chaetae...................................................................... 3

- Dens with 1+1 basal, dorsal chaetae...................................................................... 5

3 Two rows of chaetae on Abd. IV.................................................... A. atoyacensis Bonet, 1945

- Three rows of chaetae on Abd. IV........................................................................ 4

4 Ant. II with 11 chaetae, Ant. IV with one dorsal, 3 dorsolateral sensilla and 1 microsensillum; tenent hairs acuminate.................................................................. A. bullock Palacios-Vargas & Gómez-Anaya, 1996

- Ant. II with 12 chaetae, Ant. IV with one dorsal, 4 dosrsolateral sensilla and 1 microsensillum; tenent hairs clavate............................................................ A. juxtlahuacaensis Palacios-Vargas & Gómez-Anaya, 1996

5 Tenaculum 2+2 teeth.................................... A. pappogeomysae Palacios-Vargas & Gómez-Anaya, 1996

- Tenaculum 3+3 teeth.................................................................................. 6

6 Cephalic a0 present, Ant. IV with 3 large sensilla........................................ A. edaphicus Yossi, 1971

- Cephalic a0 absent, Ant. IV with 4 large sensilla....................................... A. tanasachiae ( Gruia, 1969)

7 Mucro and dens fused, with 2+2 basal dorsal chaetae and 3 apical rounded protuberances....... A. peruensis Hüther, 1975

- Mucro and dens fused, with 1+1 or 2+2 basal dorsal chaetae without apical rounded protuberance..................... 8

8 Mucro and dens fused, with 1+1............................................. A. huetheri Deharveng & Diaz, 1984

- Mucro and dens fused, with 2+2 (Figs. 17-18).............................................................. 9

9 3–4 chaetae in ocular area, tenaculum with 2+2 teeth........................................................ 10

- 2 chaetae in ocular area, tenaculum with 3+3 teeth.......................................................... 11

10 Abd. VI with 10 heavy spine-like processes, and 2 anal spines................. A. spinus ( Christiansen & Reddell, 1986)

- Abd. VI without heavy spine-like processes, with 2 anal spine.............................. A. potosinus Bonet, 1946

11 Tenent hairs acuminate, anal spine about 1/5 length of unguis III..... A. eleonorae Palacios-Vargas & Gnaspini-Netto, 1992

- Tenent hairs clavate., anal spine about 1/3 length of unguis III............................. A. serrasapoensis sp. nov.

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Bonet, F. (1946) Mas hipogastruridos anoftalmos de Mexico (Collembola). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 7, 51 - 62.

Christiansen, K. & Reddell, J. R. (1986) The cave Collembola of Mexico. Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs, 1, pp. 127 - 162.

Deharveng, L. & Diaz, A. (1984) Collemboles du Kenya: I - Liste des stations. II - Hypogastruridae. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 6 (2), 335 - 348.

Gruia, M. (1969) Xenylla tanasachiae n. sp. - une nouvelle Collembole cavernicole de Roumanie. Reichenbachia Staatliches Museuhl Fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 12, 15 - 19.

Huther, W. (1975) Ein neuer Acherontides aus Peru. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 56, 283 - 288.

Palacios-Vargas, J. G. & Gnaspini-Netto, P. (1992) A new Brazilian species of Acherontides (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) with notes on its ecology. Journal of The Kansas Entomological Society, 65, 443 - 447.

Palacios-Vargas, J. G. & Gomez-Anaya, J. A. (1996) Three new Mexican species of Acherontides (Collembola: Hypogastruridae), and three new records from Mexico and Brazil. Caribbean Journal of Science, 4, 375 - 381.