Bionychiurus Explained

Bionychiurus is a genus of the family Onychiuridae, a group of springtails.^[1] Genus Bionychiurus was established by Pomoroski in the year 1996,^[2] based on the morphological features of the first instar larvae of Onychiurus normalis. Later, Weiner^[3] established a new genus Bangallophorus based on O. normalis; but Pomorski synonymized Bangallophorus with Bionychiurus in 1998.^[4]

Species

The following species are accepted within Bionychiurus:

• Bionychiurus changbaiensis Sun & Wu, 2012
• Bionychiurus normalis (Gisin, 1949)
• Bionychiurus oblongatus (Lee & Park, 1986)
• Bionychiurus orghidani (Gruia, M, 1967)
• Bionychiurus qinglongensis Sun, X & Wu, D-H, 2014
• Bionychiurus tamilensis Thunnisa et al., 2021^[5]
• Bionychiurus yongyeonensis (Yosii, R, 1966)

Notes and References

1. Lubbock . John . 1870 . XII. Notes on the Thysanura.-Part IV . Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . 27 . 2 . 277–297 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1870.tb00214.x.
2. Pomorski RJ (1996) The first instar larvae of Onychiurinae-a systematic study (Collembola: Onychiuridae). Genus. 7(1): 1–102.
3. Weiner WM (1996) Generic revision of Onychiurinae (Collembola: Onychiuridae) with a cladistic analysis. Annals of the Entomological Society of France (NS) 32: 163–200
4. Pomorski RJ (1998) Onychiurinae of Poland (Collembola: Onychiuridae). Genus (Supplement) 1–201
5. Thunnisa . Abu Muhsina . Sumithra . Nallathambi . Narmatha . Senthilkumar . Jyothi . Manikkiri . Sanil . Ravindranathanpillai . 2021-02-02 . First record of genus Bionychiurus Pomorski 1996 (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from India. . 10.21203/rs.3.rs-156881/v1.