Two new cavernicolous species of Entomobryidae (Collembola) from Turkmenistan, Central Asia Author Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia Author Lips, Josiane 0009-0004-8403-5506 Fédération Française de Spéléologie, Groupe d’Étude de Biospéologie, 28 rue Delandine, 69002 Lyon, France josiane.lips@free.fr Author Kováč, Ľubomír Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia text Zootaxa 2025 2025-10-06 5701 4 447 464 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.3 journal article 312826 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.3 ae389522-79e8-4b77-84db-d0e1fdcafb60 1175-5326 17326229 DC81F0B5-115D-4752-9D18-0E512B6CC270

TABLE 1. Diagnostic characters of known Entomobryoides congeners. Legend for the headers of the columns. Head (Fig 2A): H1, Mc number on series An 2 -An 3; H2, Mc number on series A 5 -A 7; H3, Mc S’ 0 presence; H4, Mc number on series S 1 - S 3 -S 4; H5, Mc number on series Ps 2 -Ps 3 -Ps 5. Th II: T1, Mc number on series m 1 -m 2i2; T2, Mc number on series a 5 -m 5. Abd II: A1, Mc number on series a 2 -a 3; A2, Mc number on series m 3. Abd III: A3, Mc a 1 presence; A4, Mc number in series a 2 -a 2a- a 3; A5, covers the m 3 Mc complex. Abd IV: A6, Mc number on series A 1 -E 1a; A7, Mc number on series A 2 -E 1; A8, Mc number on series A 4p- C 4; A9, Mc number on series A 5 -B 5; A10, Mc number on series A 6i- B 6. LP, labral papilla presence and shape: 0 = absent, 1 = simple, smooth papilla, 2 = multispinose, 3 = seta-like projection. ES, G & H eyes, relative size compared to the E & F eyes: 1 = E&F, 2 as <E&F. RA, Ant/head diagonal: 1 as> or = 3, 2 as> or = 2 <3, 3 as <2. Claw: CP, distance of first paired ventral teeth from claw base, % in relation with total claw length; CU, same as CP for first unpaired; CD, dorsal tooth: 0 = absent, 1 = basal, 2 = internal teeth level, 3 = intermediate, 4 = duplicate. D, total number of differences between the species and E. gruati sp. nov. (percentage as respects to all considered characters, in brackets). “?”, unknown (lack of data in an original description).

Species	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	T1	T2	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10	LP	ES	RA	CP	CU	CD	D
E. dagestanicus Jordana & Baquero, 2021 (in Baquero et al. 2012)	4	1	0	3	1b	1*	6*	2	4	0	2	1	0	2(3)	2*	1*	2	0*	1*	3	50- 60	80*	3*	8 (35%)
E. gruati sp. nov.	4	1	0	3	1b	3	2	2	4	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	50- 54	70	2	-
E. guthriei (Mills, 1931)	4	1	0	2*	2*	4*	4*	2	4	0	2	1	0	2	1	0*	2	3*	2	2*	50	71	2	7 (30%)
E. kalakaua Carpenter, 1904	3*	2*	0	3	2*	4*	6*	2	4	0	2	1	4*	5*	3*	0*	4*	0*	2	1*	20*	60*	1*	15 (65%)
E. kea Christiansen & Bellinger, 1992	3*	2*	0	3	1a*	4*	4*	2	4	0	2	2*	0	3*	3*	1*	2	1	1*	?	57	76	3*	11 (50%)
E. malena (Christiansen & Bellinger, 1992)	4	1	0	3	1a*	1*	0*	2	5*	0	2	1	0	2	2*	2	2	2*	2	1*	41*	69	3*	9 (39%)
E. mauna Christiansen & Bellinger, 1992	3*	1	0	3	1a*	5*	6*	2	4	0	2	2*	0	4*	2*	3*	2	3*	2	2*	50	75	3*	10 (43%)
E. mineola (Folsom, 1924)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	3*	2	2*	55	76	1*	2 (33%)
E. puakea (Christiansen & Bellinger, 1992)	5*	1	0	3	?	2*	5*	2	5*	0	2	1	0	2	2*	2	2	3*	2	3	47	67	3*	7 (31%)
E. purpurascens (Packard, 1873)	4	1	0	3	1a*	4*	6*	2	3*	0	2	1	0	2	2*	1*	2	1	2	2*	50	70	2	7 (31%)
E. sotoadamesi Jordana, Potapov & Baquero, 2011	4	1	0	3	1a*	4*	6*	2	5*	0	3*	0*	0	2	0*	2	3*	1	2	2*	50	70	2	9 (39%)