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A Highly Troglomorphic New Genus of Sminthuridae (Collembola, Symphypleona) from the Brazilian Semiarid Region †

SIMPLE SUMMARY: A new genus and species of cave springtail are herein described. The new species has a remarkable morphology, suggesting it evolved within caves, such as the appendages and chaetae elongation, loss of body pigments, and 5 + 5 eyes reduced in size. The new species may also be occasion...

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Autores principales: de Souza, Paolla Gabryelle Cavalcante, Medeiros, Gleyce da Silva, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, Souza-Silva, Marconi, Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9323648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886826
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13070650