Ceratophysella macrocanthaStach, 1946 is redescribed on the basis of a syntype specimen from the Austrian Alps which is here designated as the lectotype. This species has the chaetotaxy of the type B and an empodium with a long filament. It is closely related to nine species/forms, two of which, C. attenuataGisin, 1960 nec Cassagnau, 1959 from the Swiss Alps and C. rectaCassagnau, 1959 from the Pyrenees, are most similar.
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1 January 2020
Ceratophysella macrocantha Stach, 1946 (Collembola, Hypogastruridae): a redescription of a forgotten species from the Alps
Dariusz Skarżyński
Revue suisse de Zoologie
Vol. 126 • No. 2
September 2019
Vol. 126 • No. 2
September 2019
Europe
springtails
taxonomy