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Issue: Vol. 2080 No. 1: 22 Apr. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2080.1.3
Page range: 38–46
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Brazil with sexually dimorphic legs

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Campus I. 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Campus I. 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young, 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 Brazilian collembolan diversity chaetotaxy patterns Pernambuco State systematics

Abstract

A new species of Seira Lubbock, S. bicolorcornuta sp. nov., from Alto do Moura, Pernambuco State, Brazil, is described and illustrated. The males of this species have conspicuous modifications on the first pair of legs. This condition and other morphological features indicate a clear relationship between S. bicolorcornuta sp. nov. and S. raptora Zeppelini & Bellini. The distribution and chaetotaxic patterns of both species are discussed.

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