http://www.collembola.org/key/tillieri.htm - Last updated on 2009.09.30 by Frans Janssens
Checklist of the Collembola: Key to the species of Tillieria

This key is still under construction. Note that missing figures will be provided as soon as possible. Currently, the key is in the feasibility study phase to find out how to integrate in the checklist in a modular way a key that has been generated with DELTA.

Judith Najt, Laboratoire d'Entomologie et EP 90 du CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, F-75005 Paris, France
Wanda M. Weiner, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, PL-31016 Kraków, Poland
Frans Janssens, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium

Rationale

The rationale for taxa used and not used as well as subtaxonomic classification for some taxa is to be provided.

Key

Note that no distinction between subtaxa and taxa is made in the key. 

1(0). Anal spines both on same papilla; postantennal organ with simple
        vesicles; unguiculus without filament....................... 2
      Anal spines each on separate papilla; postantennal organ with
        bilobed vesicles; unguiculus with filament.......... insularis
 
2(1). Fourth antennal segment with simple apical vesicle; second
        abdominal segment without seta a4; mesothorax without seta p4.
         ............................................... araucariensis
      Fourth antennal segment with trilobed apical vesicle; second
        abdominal segment with setae a1 to a7; mesothorax without
        setae m2 and m3......................................... penai

Differential diagnoses

araucariensis
Anal spines both on same papilla. Fourth antennal segment with simple apical vesicle. Mesothorax without seta p4. Postantennal organ with simple vesicles. Second abdominal segment without seta a4. Unguiculus without filament.

insularis
Anal spines each on separate papilla. Postantennal organ with bilobed vesicles. Unguiculus with filament.

penai
Anal spines both on same papilla. Fourth antennal segment with trilobed apical vesicle. Mesothorax without setae m2 and m3. Postantennal organ with simple vesicles. Second abdominal segment with setae a1 to a7. Unguiculus without filament.

References