Description

Body length 764 – 871 µm (n = 9). Head — Elliptic, length 79 – 89 µm, width 59 – 83 µm (n = 9). Additional and postpseudocular seta present. Seta ls short. Rostrum not protruded. Dorsal and ventral side of head with no sensory setae. Pseudoculus almost circular, width 5.9 µm. PR = 13.4 – 15.4. Canal of maxillary gland straight and smooth, with blind end slightly bulked. Hind part of maxillary gland length 13.8 µm. CF = 5.3 – 6.3. Maxillary palpus with 2 sensilla, parallelsided and subequal. Labial palpus reduced, with 2 setae and a short parallel­sided sensillum, one seta longer than another (Figs. 1 – 5). Thorax — Chaetotaxy on thoracic tergites II – III with 2 anterior setae (A 2 and A 4), seta P 1 a, P 2 and P 5 a very short and cone­shaped. P 2 a nearer to P 3 than to P 2. Pronotum with no pores, mesonotum with pore al and l, metanotum with pore l. Thoracic sterna with no pores (Figs. 6 – 7). Foretarsus — Length 57 – 67 µm, claw 15.8 – 17.7 µm and lacking inner flap, TR = 3.3 – 3.6; Empodium short, EU = 0.22 – 0.25; S­shaped seta slightly longer than claw. Dorsal sensillum t­ 1 claviform, BS = 0.53 – 0.58; t­ 2 long and thin and curved near apex; t­ 3 gemmiform and slightly swelled. Exterior sensillum a filiform, surpassing base of c and d; b extremely long, slightly surpassing base of 4, its base apparently lower than base of c and d; c close to d, d longer than c; sensillum e, f and g all surpassing base of claw; e extremely long; f slightly nearer to e than to g; g shorter than e and f. Interior sensillum a' subequal to level of t­ 1; b' absent; c' thin and long, its apex surpassing base of claw. Length formula of foretarsal sensilla: t­ 3

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Protura

Order: Protura

Family: Acerentomidae

Genus: Neobaculentulus

Species: Neobaculentulus heterotarsus Bu & Xie, 2006