A new species of Xenylla (Collembola: Poduromorpha: Hypogastruridae) with new records for the state of Espirito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Abstract

A new species of Xenylla Tullberg, 1869, X. capixaba sp. nov., is described and illustrated. In addition, we present a list with new records of Poduromorpha from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Xenylla yucatana Mills, 1938 and Brachystomella platensis Najt & Massoud, 1974 are for the first time recorded in Brazil. Also, the distributions of B. ceciliae Fernandes & Mendonça, 2004, B. contorta Denis, 1931 and Arlesia albipes (Folsom, 1927) are expanded to include Espírito Santo. Brachystomella agrosa Wray, 1953, previously recorded in agricultural soils, was also found in a marine environment

Dicranocentrus heloisae Arlé & Mendonça, 1982 (Collembola: Entomobryidae): first record of the genus in Espírito Santo state, Brazil

“…The collembolan fauna, in the southeastern Brazil, has been investigated by several authors in the last decades (Abrantes 2012). From Espírito Santo state only six species were described (Queiroz and Deharveng 2008;Fernandes and Mendonça 2010;Queiroz and Mendonça 2010;Queiroz and Fernandes 2011;Queiroz and Weiner 2011) and 27 species were recorded (Arlé 1939(Arlé , 1981Thibaud and Palacios-Vargas 1999;Potapov and Culik 2002;Culik et al 2006;Fernandes and Mendonça 2010). The range of this species with distance about 320 km from its type locality ( Figure 3) expands its distribution and configures the first record of this genus for the Espírito Santo state.…”