A new species of bristletail of the genus allopsontus silv. (microcoryphia, machilidae) from western crimea

A new species of bristletail, Allopsontus tauricus sp. n., is described from western Crimea. In the external shape of the eyes, the structure of the mandibles, legs, abdominal sternites, ovipositor and male parameres, it seems to be especially similar to A. europeus (Kaplin 1983) from southern Crimea. Their main differences are the relative length of the cerci, the colour of the eyes and the shape of the paired ocelli. The structure of the distal part of the antennal flagellum, the chaetotaxy of the maxillary and lower labial palps in the male also differ significantly, as well as the ratio of the length of the styli to the length of the coxites of abdominal segments VIII and IX in both sexes.