New and little known Isotomidae (Collembola) from the shore of Lake Baikal and saline lakes of continental Asia

• Main Authors: Mikhail Potapov, Cheng-Wang Huang, Ayuna Gulgenova, Yun-Xia Luan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-05-01
• Series: ZooKeys
• Online Access: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49363/download/pdf/

Collembola of the family Isotomidae from the shores of Lake Baikal and from six saline lake catenas of the Buryat Republic (Russia) and Inner Mongolia Province (China) were studied. Pseudanurophorus barathrum Potapov & Gulgenova, sp. nov. and Parisotoma baicalica Potapov & Gulgenova, sp. nov. from Baikal and Ephemerotoma buryatica Potapov, Huang & Gulgenova, sp. nov. and Folsomia mongolica Huang & Potapov, sp. nov. from saline lakes are described here. A morphological description of epitokous males of Scutisotoma acorrelata Potapov, Babenko & Fjellberg, 2006 is given. A list of 23 species of the family Isotomidae found in the shores of studied lakes is provided based on literature sources and newly collected material.