Three new species of Entomobryidae (Collembola, Entomobryoidea) from China

Abstract

Three new species of entomobryid springtails (Collembola) from China are described here. Homidia pseudozhangisp. nov. is characterised by a narrow irregular longitudinal stripe on the body, smooth chaetae e and l1 of the labial base, and the relative position of the specialized microchaeta on Abd. I; H. qianensissp. nov. by its colour pattern on the antennae and nine sutural macrochaetae on the head; and Entomobrya shaanxiensissp. nov. by its colour pattern, labral papillae and the lateral process of labial papilla E. Specimens of Akabosia matsudoensis Kinoshita, 1919 from China are redescribed, including description of some characters for the first time.