来自西高加索地区的该类群（弹尾目：阿罗跳虫科）的两种新洞穴物种。
Two new troglobiont species of the group (Collembola: Arrhopalitidae) from the West Caucasus.
作者信息
Vargovitsh Robert S
机构信息
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15, B. Khmelnitsky Str., Kiev, 01601, Ukraine..
出版信息
Zootaxa. 2017 Apr 3;4250(1):23-42. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.1.2.
Springtails of the principalis-group of the genus Pygmarrhopalites from the W Caucasian caves in Abkhazia are described: Pygmarrhopalites dbari sp. nov. from Psyrtskha Cave in Novy Afon and Pygmarrhopalites kovali sp. nov. from caves of Tsebelda Karst Massif. They differ from epigean relatives mainly by troglomorphies: reduced pigmentation, elongated appendages and modified foot complex. These new species as well as a great portion of endemic Caucasian speleofauna have highly restricted distribution and require protection. A new record of Arrhopalites abchasicus Vargovitsh, 2013 in Novoafonskaya Cave is added.
描述了来自阿布哈兹西高加索洞穴的侏儒拟跳虫属principalis-group的弹尾虫：来自新阿丰的Psyrtskha洞穴的新物种巴氏侏儒拟跳虫（Pygmarrhopalites dbari sp. nov.）和来自Tsebelda岩溶地块洞穴的新物种科氏侏儒拟跳虫（Pygmarrhopalites kovali sp. nov.）。它们与地表亲属的主要区别在于洞穴形态特征：色素沉着减少、附肢延长和足部复合体改变。这些新物种以及很大一部分高加索特有的洞穴动物分布范围非常有限，需要加以保护。补充了2013年瓦尔戈维茨描述的阿氏跳虫（Arrhopalites abchasicus）在新阿丰斯卡亚洞穴的新记录。
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