Cipola Nikolas Gioia, De Morais JosÉ Wellington, Bellini Bruno Cavalcante
Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, CPEN. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011-970, Cx. Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Zootaxa. 2018 Nov 21;4524(2):151-173. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.1.
Here three new species of Seira from Madagascar are described and illustrated, all with Lepidocyrtus-like habitus, as short antennae, truncate unguiculus, and overall reduction of dorsal macrochaetae. The new species Seira lepidochaetosa sp. nov., Seira semicaerulea sp. nov. and Seira metafemurata sp. nov. can be distinguished from each other by color patterns and chaetotaxic elements. An identification key for these three species is also provided, including a discussion on truncate unguiculus on Seira species with dense and reduced macrochaetotaxy.
本文描述并图示了来自马达加斯加的三个新的西拉属物种，它们都具有类似鳞跳虫属的体型，如触角短、爪垫截形以及背部大刚毛整体减少。新物种西拉少毛西拉（Seira lepidochaetosa sp. nov.）、半蓝西拉（Seira semicaerulea sp. nov.）和后股西拉（Seira metafemurata sp. nov.）可通过颜色模式和刚毛序特征相互区分。还提供了这三个物种的检索表，包括对具有密集和减少的大刚毛序的西拉属物种的截形爪垫的讨论。
