Abstract
A new species of cavernicolous Collembola belonging to the genus Hypogastrura Bourlet, 1839 from “Sima Miguel Ángel Blanco” (Jaén, Spain) is described: Hypogastrura herrerosvelaisp. nov. belongs to the H. monticola group of species within the genus and is easy to distinguish from its three relatives, Hypogastrura monticola Stach, 1946, H. hispanica Steiner, 1955 and H. dasiensis Selga, 1966, by the dorsal chaetotaxy. On the other hand, the presence of the species Hypogastrura socialis (Uzel, 1890) in the Iberian Peninsula is confirmed.
Highlights
The genus Hypogastrura Bourlet, 1839 is a widespread and highly diverse Collembola genus
In the course of our study of cavernicolous Collembola from Jaén (Andalucía, Spain), we discovered one new species of Hypogastrura belonging to the H. monticola group as well as specimens of Hypogastrura socialis (Uzel, 1890), so that the presence of this species in the Iberian Peninsula is confirmed
The following features place the new species in the monticola group (Skarżyński 2009): Ant
Summary
The genus Hypogastrura Bourlet, 1839 is a widespread and highly diverse Collembola genus. A total of 170 species are currently known (Bellinger et al 1996–2020), in which 19 in Spain (Jordana et al 1997; Deharveng and Fjellberg 2013) there are no Hypogastrura records in Andalusian caves.
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