The study of Collembola communities of banks of the Dniester River revealed 54 species of Collembola belonging to 35 genera and 13 families. Five species were common for all studied sites: Mesaphorura critica, Metaphorura affinis, Hemisotoma thermophila, Isotomodes productus and Parisotoma notabilis. The whole list of Collembola is included, three species are new for Moldova. The study revealed three new species for the science of the genera Micraphorura, Agraphorura and Mesaphorura. Description of Micraphorura gamae sp. nov. the most similar to Micraphorura pieninesis Weiner, 1988 is provided.
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1 December 2013
Collembola from the Moldavian Banks of Dniester River. New Records
Galina Buşmachiu,
Wanda Maria Weiner
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 63 • No. 4
December 2013
Vol. 63 • No. 4
December 2013
chaetotaxy
list of species
new species
riverine zone