Reviews of the genera Schaefferia Absolon, 1900, Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, Plutomurus Yosii, 1956 and the Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 species group without eyes, with the description of four new species of cave springtails (Collembola) from Krubera-Voronya cave, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia

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Krubera-Voronya cave and other deep systems in Arabika Massif are being explored during many speleological expeditions. A recent Ibero-Russian exploration expedition (summer of 2010) took place in this cave with the aim of providing a study of the biocenosis of the deepest known cave in the world. Four new species of Collembola were found at different depths: Schaefferia profundissima n. sp., Anurida stereoodorata n. sp., Deuteraphorura kruberaensis n. sp., and Plutomurus ortobalaganensis n. sp., the last one at -1980 m deep. The identification and description of the new species have required the careful study of all congeneric species, implying a revision of each genus. As a result of this work tables and keys to all significant characters for each species are presented.

Affiliations: 1: 1Department of Zoology and Ecology, University of Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, Spain e-mails: rjordana@unav.es; ebaquero@unav.es ; 2: 2Department of Biology, Universidade de Aveiro and CESAM Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal e-mail: sreboleira@ua.pt ; 3: 3Museu Valencià d’Història Natural (Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala)Paseo de la Pechina 15. 46008 Valencia, Spain e-mail: alberto.sendra@uv.es

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