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Issue: Vol. 4524 No. 2: 21 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.1
Page range: 151–173
Abstract views: 75
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Three new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae) from Madagascar with Lepidocyrtus-like habitus

Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CPEN. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011−970, Cx. Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CPEN. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011−970, Cx. Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Laboratório de Collembola, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). BR 101, Lagoa Nova, Campus Universitário, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil
Collembola African Islands idiochaetotaxy springtails Seirini taxonomy

Abstract

Here three new species of Seira from Madagascar are described and illustrated, all with Lepidocyrtus-like habitus, as short antennae, truncate unguiculus, and overall reduction of dorsal macrochaetae. The new species Seira lepidochaetosa sp. nov., Seira semicaerulea sp. nov. and Seira metafemurata sp. nov. can be distinguished from each other by color patterns and chaetotaxic elements. An identification key for these three species is also provided, including a discussion on truncate unguiculus on Seira species with dense and reduced macrochaetotaxy.

 

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