Neotropical Cyphoderus (Collembola: Paronellidae), with Comments About Myrmecophily and the Description of New Species.

In this contribution, supplementary descriptions of Cyphoderus innominatus Mills, 1938 and C. limboxiphius nitricola Rapoport & Izarra, 1962 are provided; and three new species are described: C. adversus sp. nov., C. amazonicus sp. nov., and C. parafolsomi sp. nov.; chaetotaxy for all of them is included. The new species have a labial triangular field with a1-5, m, e, l1 smooth chaetae, and l2 as reduced spine, but C. adversus sp. nov. is characterized by a trochateral organ with at least 9 spine-like chaetae; tenent hair capitate; colophore chaeta D mic, lateral flap chaetae with uneven length; dens with De1-De6/Di1-Di6 feathered chaetae; mucro only with a, while C. amazonicus sp. nov. is differentiated by a trochateral organ with at least 16 spine-like chaetae; tenent hair acuminate; colophore chaeta D mac, lateral flap chaetae small and subequal; dens with De1-De6/Di1-Di5 feathered chaetae; mucro with aA. Cyphoderus parafolsomi sp. nov. has trochateral organ with more than 14 spine-like chaetae; unguis with 1 unpaired internal tooth; tenent hair capitate; dens with De1-De6/Di1-Di5 feathered chaetae; mucro with aA. A key for identification of the Neotropical species is provided. Also, the paper describes the information about the association of Cyphoderus with different ant species, and a new taxonomic status for C. nitricola (Rapoport & Izarra, 1962) comb. nov.

Two new species of Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Two new species of Collembola are described, full body chaetotaxy is given. Ptenothrix dalii sp. nov. and Seira pietata sp. nov. were originally found in metalogenic areas covered with transitional vegetation of savanna and forest in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Ptenothrix dalii sp. nov. is part of the "gracilis-group" of species, with large, blunt macrochaetae on head and body. Seira pietata sp. nov. is part of the "andensis-group" of species, lacking macrochaeta on abdominal segment I.

A New Species of Szeptyckitheca (Collembola, Symphypleona, Sphyrothecinae) from Brazil.

A new species of the genus Szeptyckitheca is described from the Biological Reserve of Serra do Japi, São Paulo State, Brazil. All species of the genus present trochanteral spine on the first and third legs, cephalic chaeta A1 often absent. The presence of spine in all trochanters, chaetal row F in head, and abdominal and antennal segments with long bristles with capitate apex are relevant features that distinguishes the new species from all known species of the genus. A key to the identification of the species of Szeptyckitheca is presented.

A New Species of Pararrhopalites Bonet & Tellez (Collembola, Symphypleona, Sminthuridae) from Iron Caves in Brazil.

A second species of the genus Pararrhopalites is described from caves inserted in iron ore lithology. Both species present a particular sensory organ in the interantennal region. The new species, Pararrhopalites ubiquum n.sp., has a wider distribution and it is not restricted to a single cave, as it is the case of Pararrhopalites sideroicus Zeppelini & Brito, in Fla Entomol 97(4):1733-1744, 2014, being found even in the Mesovoid Shallow Substratum. An update to the previously published identification key is presented.