A new species of Aethiopella Handschin, 1942 (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Neanuridae) from Neotropical Region, with comments on the genus Author Paz, Raiane Vital Da Author Queiroz, Gabriel Costa Author Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-04 4629 1 39 50 journal article 26303 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.1.3 09bd5c7f-53cc-40ef-895b-6dc1ae69747a 1175-5326 3268277 774D6EFF-23C6-4F09-9822-11DD48A41AB3

TABLE 1. Main diagnostic characters of Aethiopella species.

Species	Apicalbulbvesicles Ant. IVsensilla	msonAnt. IV	Mandibleteeth PAOvesicles			Th. Ichaetae	Mchaetaontibio- tarsi		Unguisteeth		Tenaculumramus teeth Dentalchaetae	Distribution
Data based in: ¹ Arlé (1959); ² Christiansen & Bellinger (1992); ³ Delamare Deboutteville (1945); 4 Delamare Deboutteville (1951); 5 Denis (1924); 6 Fernandes & Mendonça (2002); 7 Handschin (1942); 8 Massoud (1963a); 9 Massoud (1963b); 10 Massoud (1963c); 11 Massoud (1963d); 12 Massoud (1967); 13 Najt, Thibaud & Weiner (1990); 14 Najt & Weiner (1997); 15 Palacios-Vargas & Montejo-Cruz (2014); 16 Philiptschenko (1926); 17 Salmon (1954); 18 Salmon (1956); 19 Thibaud & Massoud (1983). Legends: (+) present; (-) absent; (a.p.) apical projection; (?) = unknown/ doubtful; (*) possibly mistaken, considered in the key as in the original description.
africana 3,12,15	?	?	?	5	13–16		?	?		1	?	6–7	Oriental Africa
ariana 13,15	2	8	+	6	21–25		2+2?	-		1	3+3	5–6	French Guiana
basilewskyi 12,15,18	3	?	?	14	40–50		?	+		1	4+4	4	Central Africa
caraibensis 15,19	3	7	-?	6 19, 9–1015*	36		?	?		1	?	6	Lesser Antilles
condei 8,12,15	1	6	?	5	50		3+3?	+?		1	?	5	Ivory Coast
delamarei 1,12,15,19	3	?	-	4–5	12–25		?	?		1	?	5–6	Neotropical Region
flavoantennata 12,15,16 3		17 15	?	5	30		?	?		1	?	6	Oriental Africa and South Africa
guineensis 7,12,15	?	?	?	13	35–38		?	?		1	3+3	7	Gulf of Guinea
handschini 5,12,15	1?	?	?	17	20		?	?		4–5	?	6	Ethiopia
jeanneli 9,12,15	1	6	?	8	21		?	?		6 9,12, 5 15	?	6	Ivory Coast
kuolo 2,15	3	3	?	3	30 or more		4+4?	?		1	2+2	3(4?)	Hawaii (USA)
littoralis 6,15	3	7 6, 6 15	-	9–10	13–15		2+2	-		1	3+3	6	Brazil
machadoi 10,12,15	?	14	?	5	22		?	?		1	?	6	Angola
maculata 3,12,15	?	?	?	5	16		?	?		?	?	5–6 15, 6–7 12	Oriental Africa
mandibulata 3,15	3	?	?	about 20	55–60		?	?		1	?	6	Central Africa
mangenoti 8,12,15	3	8	?	4	15 8,12, 8 15		?	?		1	?	5	Ivory Coast
pedifalx 12,15,18	2?	?	?	5+a.p.	20–25		?	?		4	3+3	6	Rwanda
pilarandresae 15	3	7	+	6	20–27		2+2	+		1	3+3	6	Nicaragua
silvestris 14,15	3	6	-	4	50–60		2+2	-		1	2+2	3	New Caledonia
tournieri 4,12,15	?	6 15	?	4	20–30		?	?		1	?	?	Ivory Coast
ugandensis 12,15,17	?	?	?	about 12	45–53		?	?		3	3+3	6 12,17,5–6 15	Central Africa
villiersi 11,15	3	7	?	6	22		?	-?		3	?	6	Gulf of Guinea
ricardoi sp nov.	3	7	-	7–8	13–19		2+2	+		1	3+3	5–7	Brazil