The survey of Seira Lubbock, 1870 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae) from Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands, including three new species
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Cipola, Nikolas Gioia
Author
Arbea, Javier
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Baquero, Enrique
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Jordana, Rafael
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Morais, José Wellington De
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Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-13
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10.11646/Zootaxa.4458.1.1
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Genus
Seira
Lubbock, 1870
Seira
Lubbock, 1870
: 279
Type
species:
Degeeria domestica
Nicolet, 1842
: 76
, pl.8,
fig. 11
(orig. descr.).
Sira
Tullberg, 1872: 41
, synonymized by
Yosii, 1959
: 9
Pseudosira
Schött, 1893: 10
, synonymized by
Yosii, 1959
: 9
Mesira
Scherbakov, 1898: 18
, synonymized by
Yosii, 1959
: 9
Lepidocyrtinus
Börner, 1903: 154
, synonymized by Soto-Adames
et al.
2008: 512
Drepanocyrtus
Handschin, 1924
: 17
, synonymized by
Mari Mutt & Bellinger, 1990
: 10
Lepidoregia
Delamare Deboutteville, 1948: 407, synonymized by Soto-Adames
et al.
2008: 512.
Ctenocyrtinus
Arlé, 1959: 171
, synonymized by Christiansen & Bellinger, 2000: 39.
Afroseira
Yosii, 1959
: 10, synonymized by Soto-Adames
et al.
2008: 512
Lepidokrugeria
Coates, 1969: 87
, synonymized by Soto-Adames
et al.
2008: 512.
Austroseira
Yoshii & Suhardjono, 1992 (in Yoshii & Suhardjono, 1992b) 23, synonymized by Soto-Adames
et al.
2008: 512
Diagnosis of genus.
Antennae shorter than body length (
Figs 2‒3
). Scales on body heavily ciliated, oval or elongated and apically rounded (rarely truncate, pointed or irregular);
mac
heavily ciliated apically
,
strongly
or
lightly foot-shaped
or
acuminate
(
Figs 30
A
‒F
)
. Eyes 8+8 (
Fig. 5F
).
Prelabral chaetae ciliated
or
smooth
;
Labral formula
with 4
(
a1–2
), 5 (
m0–2
), 5 (
p0–2
)
smooth chaetae
(
Figs 4
A
,
36C
)
. Labral papillae present (
Fig. 5D
).
Labial palp with five main papillae
(
A
‒E)
plus one hypostomal papilla
(H)
with
0, 5, 0, 4, 4, 2
guard appendages
,
respectively
;
labium with five smooth
proximal
chaetae
(p.c.) (
Fig. 4B
)
. Basolateral and basomedian labial fields with chaetae
a1‒5
smooth (
Fig. 5G
). Th II‒Abd V with ms and sens formula 1, 0 | 1, 0, 1, 0, 0 and 1, 1 | 0, 2, 2, +, 3, respectively; Abd II‒IV bothriotrichial formula 2 (
a5
,
m2
), 3 (
a5
,
m2
,
m5
), 3 (
T2
,
T4
,
D3
); bothriotricha with accessory lance-shaped chaetae (
Figs 1
,
11‒12
,
30G‒J
). Males sometimes with robust spine-like mac on femur and tibiotarsus of leg I (
Fig. 8E
). Pretarsi with one minute smooth chaeta on anterior and posterior sides (
Fig. 8F
). Mucro falcate, without basal spine (
Figs 4C
,
35F
).
Remarks.
The following characters are shared by
Seira
species and are
not
repeated in the descriptions:
Ant I‒IV with ciliate chaetae (
Fig. 5
A
‒B
).
Four prelabral ciliate chaetae, except in
S. burgersi
sp. nov.
with inner smooth chaetae; labrum with chaeta
a1
thicker,
m0–1
and
p0–1
larger, except
m0
normal in
S. dinizi
and
S. ferrarii
(
Figs 4
A
,
36C
).
Labial papilla E with lateral process (l.p.) apically acuminate and surpassing the base of the papilla E (
Fig. 4B
).
Sublobal plate with three smooth chaetae (
Figs 5E
,
10D
,
31D
).
FIGURE 2A–G.
Seira
spp.
, habitus:
A
,
S. domestica
;
B
,
S. dinizi
;
C‒D
,
S. ferrarii
:
C
, in natural habitat, courtesy of Francisco Rodríguez (http://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/insecta rium/Seira-ferrarii-img750580.html),
D
, in alcohol;
E‒G
,
S. pini
:
E
, paratype,
F
, specimen with pigmentation in legs from Monegros (Spain),
G
, specimen depigmented on Th II to Abd III and with one median spot on Abd IV from Monegros (Spain). Scale bars: 0.5mm.
Unguis inner side with two paired basal teeth, one unpaired median tooth and one unpaired apical tooth (absent
in
S. barrai
sp. nov.
), outer side with two paired lateral teeth (larger in
S. burgersi
sp. nov.
,
Fig. 40H
) and one basomedian lamella apically acuminate (
Figs 8F
,
21F
,
25E
,
29E
,
34E
).