Edaphologia
Online ISSN : 2189-8499
Print ISSN : 0389-1445
ISSN-L : 0389-1445
Classification of the Suborder Neelipleona Massoud, 1971 and Symphypleona Borner, 1901 (Hexapoda: Entognatha: Collembola) from Japan
Ryosaku ItohMakiko HasegawaKei IchisawaKatsuhisa FurunoYasuhiko SumaShingo TanakaMotohiro HasegawaKeiko Niijima
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2012 Volume 91 Pages 99-156

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The keys to the families, genera and species of Neelipleona and Symphypleona are explained. The characters, used for identification are as follows: color pattern and shape of body; shape and arrangement of setae (including sensilla) on antennae (for example, crasping organ of male), on vertex and face (for example, post antennal sata), on tibiotarsus, on body and on anogenital segment (for example, appendix analis); length of antennae and ratio of four segments and number of subsegments; number of ocellus; shape and appendage of claw, ventral tube, retinaculum and furca. One family, 2 genera, 2 species of Neelipleona and 6 families (including 2 subfamilies), 19 genera, 63 species and 1 subspecies of Symphypleona are explained.

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© 2012 The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology
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