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Issue: Vol. 3423 No. 1: 15 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3423.1.3
Page range: 36–44
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Tyrannoseira (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirini) from Paraiba, Northeastern Brazil

Laboratório de Sistemática de Collembola e Conservação, Depto. Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPGEC), Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Campus V, João Pessoa, PB Associação Guajiru-Ciência-Educação-Meio Ambiente (Non-profit), Federal Inscription number 05.117.699.000.198. João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, Scientific Board
Laboratório de Sistemática de Collembola e Conservação, Depto. Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPGEC), Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Campus V, João Pessoa, PB
Collembola systematics sexual dimorphism semi-arid Entomobryomorpha

Abstract

A new species Tyrannoseira gladiata sp. nov. is described from Pedra da Boca State Park, municipality of Araruna, this is the fifth species for this genus, the third found in the State of Paraiba, Brazil. The species is part of a monophyletic group which shares a striking sexual dimorphism, with modifications of the first legs of adult males. The genus is composed of species distributed in a mosaic of micro-habitats along the semi-arid region, in Northeastern Brazil.

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