The Cryptic Diversity of the Terrestrial Microarthropods, Börner (Collembola: Dicyrtomidae) from Taiwan: New Species Plus the Lectotype Designation for (Folsom, 1899).

This is the first taxonomic study of Collembola in Taiwan integrating morphological and molecular evidence to investigate the Taiwanese species in the genus Börner. We discovered that specimens previously identified as (Folsom, 1899) actually consist of several cryptic species, of which we described two species new to science. Our data revealed that, although these species are remarkably similar to each other, they can be distinguished by color patterns, chaetotaxic characters and DNA barcoding (). We also designated one of the syntypes of (Folsom, 1899) as its lectotype, and treated (Salmon 1964) as a synonym of (Salmon 1964) (syn. nov.). Lastly, our study suggests that the diversity of Collembola in Taiwan is still poorly understood, with a high potential for new studies focusing on these microarthropods.