Tetracanthella

Schött, 1891

Species Guides

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Tetracanthella is a of springtails (Collembola) in the Isotomidae, established by Schött in 1891. The genus includes found primarily in mountainous regions of Europe and adjacent areas, with at least one species (T. stachi) studied for in forest . A new species, T. doftana, was described from the Romanian Carpathians in 2013.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Tetracanthella: /ˌtɛtrəˈkænθələ/

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Habitat

Mountain beech and spruce forests; montane forest . Specific associations have been documented for T. stachi in mountain forest systems.

Distribution

Arctic and Sub-arctic regions; Europe including the Carpathian Mountains; Macaronesian Islands; Mediterranean region; Northern Eurasia. Documented from Romanian Carpathians for T. doftana.

Similar Taxa

  • T. andalusiacaT. doftana is similar in but differs in number of sublobal hairs, size of macrochaetae, and geographic distribution

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Taxonomic notes

The belongs to the pilosa group complex, with species distinguished by fine chaetotaxic characters including sublobal hair counts and macrochaetae dimensions.

Research limitations

Most ecological and information is derived from a single (T. stachi); -level generalizations for these traits are not supported by available literature.

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