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Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington—Nos. 66 and 67

Mesaphorura krausbaueri Boerner, 1901 — Paratullbergia macdougalli Bagnall, 1936 — Mesaphorura thalassophila Bagnall, 1937 — Mesaphorura baconae Bagnall, 1947 — Figs. 65-70

Mesaphorura krausbaueri Boerner, 1901
Paratullbergia macdougalli Bagnall, 1936
Mesaphorura thalassophila Bagnall, 1937
Mesaphorura baconae Bagnall, 1947
Figs. 65-70
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Bagnall's collection contains two slides labelled P. macdougalli, the one labelled "type" and the other "paratype". The type is illustrated in Figs. 65-67 and identifies as M. krausbaueri Boerner. The paratype slide identifies as Protaphorura armata Tullberg. The recording of P. macdougalli Bagnall as a subjective synonym of M. krausbaueri Boerner was first made in my "Index to the Collembola", 1964, p.150, but was not explained on that occasion.

Two slides labelled Mesaphorura, thalassophila in Bagnall's collection were not labelled as type material though they would appear to be those from which his descriptions of this species were made. They identified as M. krausbaueri Boerner and I now record Bagnall's species M. thalassophila as a subjective synonym of M. krausbaueri Boerner.

Similarly a slide labelled as type of Mesaphorura baconae in Bagnall's collection identifies as M. krausbaueri Boerner; this subjective synonymy was first recorded in 1964 on p.151 of my "Index to the Collembola". Fig. 70 is drawn from a specimen identified by Bagnall as M. krausbaueri and which compares in all respects with his P. macdougalli material. Bagnall in his description of P. macdougalli says that "Ant IV is much as in carpenteri" but this is not so as his P. carpenteri I have already shown is synonymous with P. concolor Womersley (Fig. 19).

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Figs. 58-64 Neonaphorura duboscqui Denis, 1932page 16

Figs. 58-64 Neonaphorura duboscqui Denis, 1932

Fig. 58 SO Ant III, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.
Fig. 59 foot, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.
Fig. 60 Abd VI anal spines, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.
Fig. 61 fourth sense rod Ant III, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.
Fig. 62 apex Ant IV, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.
Fig. 63 PAO deeper structure, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.
Fig. 64 PAO surface view, Bagnall's spec. N. duboscqui.

Figs. 65-70 Mesaphorura krausbaueri Boerner, 1901.

Fig. 65 PAO, P. macdougalli type spec.
Fig. 66 sense organ Ant III, P. macdougalli type spec.
Fig. 67 hind foot, P. macdougalli type spec.
Fig. 68 distant sensory rod Ant III, M. thalassophila Bagnall's type spec.
Fig. 69 Abd VI, M. thalassophila Bagnall's type spec.
Fig. 70 Ant III and IV from spec. M. krausbaueri for comparison with type P. macdougalli Bagnall.
Scales: A for Figs. 58, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 68; B for Figs. 59, 60 and 62; C for Fig. 67; D for Fig. 69; E for Fig. 70.