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Issue: Vol. 840 No. 1: 27 Jan. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-01-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.840.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species within the genus Seira Lubbock, 1869 from Morocco (Collembola, Entomobryidae)

Department of Exploitation and Protection of the Agricultural and Forestry Resources (Di.Va.P.R.A.),Entomology and Zoology applied to the Environment "Carlo Vidano" Via Leonardo da Vinci, 44, 10095 Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
Lab. of Animal Genetics, Institute of Zootechnics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29100 Piacenza, Italy
Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
Collembola Entomobryidae new species chaetotaxy body pigmentation collembolan distribution Morocco

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Seira are described: Seira atlantica n. sp. and Seira maroccana n. sp. They come from two different sites along the Atlas mountains (Morocco); their descriptions are mainly based on the distribution and number of the dorsal macrochaetae and pigmentation. Both new taxa belong to the domestica group of species, characterized by a reduced number of dorsal macrochaetae. Their relationships among congeneric species are discussed.

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