A new species of Ceratophysella from Peru (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)

Abstract

Ceratophysella tupamara sp. nov. from Iquitos, Peru is described and illustrated. It is easy to distinguish from Ceratophysella denticulata (Bagnall, 1941), the only species of the genus previously cited from Peru, by its trilobed apical bulb of antennal segment IV, the number of unguicular teeth and the body chaetotaxy.