title: Collembola of the genusProtaphoruraAbsolon, 1901 (Onychiuridae) in the Eastern Palearctic: morphology, distribution, identification key.
abstract: Seven new species,Protaphorura jernikasp. n.,Protaphorura absconditasp. n.,Protaphorura tuvinicasp. n.,Protaphorura vasilinaesp. n.,Protaphorura sayanicasp. n.,Protaphorura oligopseudocellatasp. n.andProtaphorura nikolaisp. n.from different habitats of the southern Siberia and Far East of Russia, are described.Protaphorura ombrophila(Stach, 1960) is redescribed based on the type specimens. These species differ one from other and from all known species by dorsal and ventral pseudocellar formulae, number of pseudocelli on subcoxae 1 of legs I-III, parapseudocellar formula, chaetotaxy of body, structure of claw, size of postantennal organ and body length. Geographical distribution of all knownProtaphoruraspecies of Eastern Palearctic was analysed and an identification key to 50 species was provided.
authors.affiliation: State Museum of Natural History, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Teatral'na St. 18, UA-79008 L'viv, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaprus'
authors.affiliation: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.affiliation: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paśnik
keywords: Far East; Protaphorurini; Siberia; chaetotaxy; new species; redescription; taxonomy