Seira

Cipola, Nikolas Gioia, Morais, José Wellington De & Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante, 2018, Three new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae) from Madagascar with Lepidocyrtus - like habitus, Zootaxa 4524 (2), pp. 151-173 : 170

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A659CA3-F59F-459B-A0DC-82538637B747
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5977309
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D3E87DA-C159-FFC3-97B5-130E29C5FA5A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Seira
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Key to Seira View in CoL species from Madagascar with truncate unguiculus

1. Body pale with dark blue pigments on femur III distally ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 ); Th II with series m and p with 2 (m1–2) and 0 mac, respectively ( Fig. 14A View FIGURE 14 ); Abd IV with 7 central mac (B3 absent), and laterally with one group of about 14 mes beetween E–Fe series ( Fig. 15B View FIGURE 15 ); manubrial plate with 4 blunt chaetae ( Fig. 16H View FIGURE 16 )................................ S. metafemurata sp. nov.

- Body with different pigments pattern ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 , 7 View FIGURE 7 ); Th II with series m and p with 4 (m1, m2– 2i, m4) and 3 (p1–3 present) mac, respectively ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 9A View FIGURE 9 ); Abd IV with 8 central mac (B3 present), and laterally lacking mes group ( Figs 5B View FIGURE 5 , 10B View FIGURE 10 ); manubrial plate with all chaetae pointed, without modifications ( Fig. 6G View FIGURE 6 )................................................. 2

2. Body with violet pigments on Th II anteriorly ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ); dorsal head with A5 and M1 mac, S3 as mic ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); Th III devoid of central mac ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ).............................................................. S. lepidochaetosa sp. nov.

- Body with irregular dark pigments on Th III to Abd IV ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ); dorsal head with A5 and M1 mic, S3 as mac ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ); Th III with 2 (p2 and p3) central mac ( Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 )................................................ S. semicaerulea sp. nov.