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Issue: Vol. 1773 No. 1: 21 May. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1773.1.4
Page range: 44–54
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Mataraca, Paraiba State, Brazil

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Campus I. 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Campus V, João Pessoa, PB Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas Associação Guajiru – Ciência – Educação – Meio Ambiente. Scientific Board. Federal Inscription number 05.117.699.000.198
Collembola chaetotaxy coastal diversity systematics microarthropods

Abstract

Three new species of Seira Lubbock from Mataraca, Paraíba State, Brazil are described and illustrated, S. mataraquensis sp. nov., S. arenicola sp. nov. and S. pseudoannulata sp. nov. Evolutionary and taxonomic aspects of the dorsal chaetotaxy are discussed. The large number of Seira species recorded in Paraíba and the sympatric distribution of eight species in coastal sand dunes suggest that the Brazilian northeastern region is a hotspot of diversity for the genus.

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