A new relictual and highly troglomorphic species of Tomoceridae (Collembola) from a deep Croatian cave
Tritomurus veles sp. n. (Tomoceridae) is described from a Croatian cave. It is characterized by troglomorphic features (absence of eyes, reduced pigmentation, slender claw, pointed tibiotarsal tenent hairs) that only compare, among Tomoceridae, to the microendemic species T. falcifer from the Pyr&am...
Main Authors: | Marko Lukić, Céline Houssin, Louis Deharveng |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2010-11-01
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Series: | ZooKeys |
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Online Access: | http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=2464 |
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