Review of the genus Vibronychiurus (Collembola: Onychiuridae), with a description of two new species

Abstract

A new diagnosis of Vibronychiurus Pomorski, 1998 is given. V. archivari (Christiansen, 1956) comb. n. and V. hermonicus (Gruia, Poliakov & Broza, 2000) stat. & comb. n. are redescribed on the basis of the types and new specimens. Two new species are described: V. aestimabilis sp. n. from Khakasiya (Russia) and V. caucasicus sp. n. from Caucasus (Russia). A key to the species Vibronychiurus is provided.

Keywords

• collembola
• onychiuridae
• vibronychiurus
• palearctic
• new species
• new combination
• diagnosis
• key