Seira Lubbock 1870
Creators: name: Cipola, Nikolas Gioia
name: Godeiro, Nerivania Nunes
name: Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Entomobryomorpha
Entomobryidae
Seira

description: Identification key and distribution of Seira species devoid of mac on Abd I
1 Unguiculus excavate; Th II PmA–C groups without mac; Th III with 1 inner mac..................................................................................... S. metafemurata Cipola & Bellini, 2018 (2018b) (Madagascar)
- Unguiculus acuminate or truncate; Th II PmA–C groups with at least 1 mac per group; Th III with 0 or 2–7 mac......... 2
2 Th II m4 group without mac; Abd IV with 6 inner mac................. S. paucisetosa Jacquemart, 1980 (1980a) (Congo)
- Th II m4 group with 1–4 mac; Abd IV with 7–10 inner mac.................................................... 3
3 Th II m1–2 group with 6 mac; Th III with 6 inner mac; Abd IV with 9 inner mac; unguis a.t. absent..................................................................................... S. mirianae Arlé & Guimaraes, 1981 (Brazil)
- Th II m1–2 group with 1–4 mac; Th III with 0–4 or 7 inner mac; Abd IV with 7–8 or 10 inner mac; ungual a.t. present..... 4
4 Th II with 7 anterior mac (excluding the anterior collar), PmA group with 2 mac; Abd IV with 20 outer mac; unguiculus pe lamella mostly smooth, except for a single proximal tooth.......... S. pietata Oliveira, Ferreira & Zeppelini, 2020 (Brazil)
- Th II with 4–6 anterior mac (excluding the anterior collar), PmA group with 1 or 3–5 mac; Abd IV with 17 or less outer mac, or with a strong plurichaetosis on the more lateral tergite; unguiculus pe lamella entirely smooth or serrated............. 5
5 Dorsal head postoccipital region with a single mac (Pa5); Th III without inner mac................................................................................... S. lepidochaetosa Cipola & Bellini, 2018 (2018b) (Madagascar)
- Dorsal head postoccipital region with 3–9 mac; Th III with 2–7 inner mac........................................ 6
6 Dorsal head M1 mac absent, postoccipital region with 3 mac (Pa5, Pe2–3); Th II m4 and PmC groups with a single mac each; unguiculus truncate................................... S. semicaerulea Cipola & Bellini, 2018 (2018b) (Madagascar)
- Dorsal head M1 mac present, postoccipital region with 5–9 mac; Th II m4 and PmC groups with 2–3 and 2–5 mac, respectively; unguiculus acuminate.................................................................................. 7
7 Dorsal head M2 mac present, postoccipital region with 8 mac; Th II m1–2 group with a single mac, PmC group with 3 mac....................................................... S. praiana Bellini, Fernandes & Zeppelini, 2010 (Brazil)
- Dorsal head M2 mac absent, postoccipital region with 5–7 or 9 mac; Th II m1–2 group with 2–4 mac, PmC group with 2 or 4–5 mac............................................................................................ 8
8 Th II PmB group with 3 mac; Th III with 7 inner mac; manubrium ventrally with 10 apical chaetae..................................................................................... S. andensis Jacquemart, 1980 (1980b) (Peru)
- Th II PmB group with 1–2 mac; Th III with 2–4 inner mac; manubrium ventrally with 12–18 apical chaetae............. 9
9 Ant IV apical bulb unilobed; Th II PmC group with 2 mac; Th III with 2 inner mac; unguiculus pe lamella smooth........................................................................... S. glabra Godeiro & Bellini, 2013 (Brazil)
- Ant IV apical bulb bilobed; Th II PmC group with 4–5 mac; Th III with 4 inner mac; unguiculus pe lamella serrated..... 10
10 Femur III lacking pigments; dorsal head S0 mac present, S7 mac absent; Abd IV with 7 inner and 10 outer mac, lacking any clear plurichaetosis; manubrium ventrally with 12 apical chaetae..................... S. yemenensis Barra, 2004 (Yemen)
- Femur III with pigments; dorsal head S0 mac absent, S7 mac present; Abd IV with 8–10 inner and 13–17 main outer mac, plus a strong plurichaetosis on the more lateral tergite; manubrium ventrally with 16–18 apical chaetae.................... 11
11 Dorsal head A5 mac present, S6 mac absent, postoccipital region with 9 mac; Th II with 6 anterior mac (excluding the anterior collar); Abd II with 3 inner mac; Abd IV with 8 inner mac; unguiculus pe lamella with a distinct proximal tooth......................................................................................... S. antonioi sp. nov. (Brazil)
- Dorsal head A5 mac absent, S6 mac present, postoccipital region with 6 mac; Th II with 4 anterior mac (excluding the anterior collar); Abd II with 4 inner mac; Abd IV with 10 inner mac; unguiculus pe lamella lacking a distinct proximal tooth.............................................................................. S. paramiloensis sp. nov. (Colombia)
description: Published as part of Cipola, Nikolas Gioia, Godeiro, Nerivania Nunes & Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante, 2025, Two new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola: Entomobryidae: Seirinae) from South American mountains, with chaetotaxy plurichaetosis on the fourth abdominal segment, pp. 175-195 in Zootaxa 5620 (1) on pages 191-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/15219266