A new species of Orchesellides is described from material collected in the Valsaín forest (Segovia, Spain), and conserved in the collection of the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN), CSIC, Madrid. The genus was known only from the eastern Palaearctic, Oriental, and Indo-Pacific (Hawaii) regions. This is the first reference for the genus from the western Palaearctic region, creating an interesting disjunct distribution. The value of the morphological characteristics for the identification of the species is discussed.
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1 January 2006
A DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION FOR A NEW SPECIES OF ORCHESELLIDES (COLLEMBOLA, ENTOMOBRYIDAE, ORCHESELLINAE)
Rafael Jordana,
Enrique Baquero
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disjunct distribution
Iberian Peninsula
Orchesellides
Spain
Western Palaearctic region