Two new species of Xenylla from Jilin Province, Northeast China are described and illustrated. Xenylla changlingensis, new species clearly differs from the closely related species X. piceeta Stebaeva & Potapov, 1994 in the presence of dorsal la2 of thoracic segments II and III, the absence of ventral seta p2 on abdominal segment II, 1 median ventral seta above the retinaculum on abdominal segment III, and lack of teeth on the mucro. Xenylla changchunensis, new species is similar to the species X. osetica Stebaeva & Potapov, 1994. However, it is separable from the latter by the presence of a furca, a tenaculum, and the ventral chaetotaxy on abdominal segment III.
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1 June 2007
TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS XENYLLA TULLBERG, 1869 FROM CHINA (COLLEMBOLA: HYPOGASTRURIDAE)
Donghui Wu,
Wenying Yin
China
Collembola
Hypogastruridae
new species
Xenylla