Description

Description. Adult body length 1300 - 1400 µm (n = 13), yellow-brown, and foretarsus with deeper color (Fig. 1). Head. Oblong, length 125 - 130 µm, width 85 - 95 µm. Dorsal setae long, other setae short. Setae d 6 and sd 6 present, sd 4 absent. Seta d 6 14 - 15 µm, d 7 6 - 7 µm in length. Paired pores cp, ip and op present, pore fp absent (Fig. 12). Pseudoculus pear-shaped, with short posterior extension, length 12 - 15 µm, width 8 - 9 µm. PR = 9 - 11 (Figs 2, 13). Canal of maxillary gland with sausage-like calyx, posterior dilation about equal to length of calyx. CF = 7 - 9 (Fig. 14). Labial palpus well developed, without basal sensillum (Fig. 15). Maxillary palpus with two tapering sensilla, dorsal one (8 - 9 µm) distinctly longer than lateral one (5 - 6 µm) (Fig. 16). Foretarsus. Length 73 - 83 µm, claw length 18 - 23 µm, without inner flap, TR = 3.5 - 4.4; empodium length 3 - 4 µm, EU = 0.14 - 0.18. Dorsal sensilla t- 1 and t- 2 slender and long (14 - 15 µm), BS = 1.1; t- 3 slengder, not reaching base of claw. Exterior sensilla all sward-like and in different length, a surpassing base of c, b and c subequal in length, d close to t 2, e broad, f short, g long. Interior sensilla also sward-like in different length, a' short, b' - 1 longer than b' - 2, c' - 2 longer than c' - 1. Relative length of sensilla: b' - 2

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Protura

Order: Protura

Family: Hesperentomidae

Genus: Hesperentomon

Species: Hesperentomon yangi Bai & Bu, 2013