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Seira dowlingi (Wray, 1953)

Colémbolo, Springtail

Slide preparation of Seira dowling , housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 28923) Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.

Slide preparation of Seira dowling , housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 28930). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.

Specimen mounted on microscope slide preparation, Jacquemart expedition, 1974. Photo: Angel Piloso, CDF, 2026.

Specimen mounted on microscope slide preparation, Jacquemart expedition, 1974. Photo: Angel Piloso, CDF, 2025.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Collembola

Suborder
Entomobryomorpha

Superfamily
Entomobryoidea

Family
Hypogastruridae

Genus
Seira

Species
dowlingi

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Seira caheni S. Jacquemart, 1976; Seira caheni was synonymized with S. dowlingi (Christiansen and Bellinger, 2000).

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Marchena, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz

References

Jacquemart, S. (1976) Collemboles nouveaux des iles Galapagos Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador, 3, 137-157.
Katz, A. D. Taylor, S. J., Soto-Adames, F. N., Addison, A., Hoese, G. B., Sutton, M. R., & Toulkeridis, T. (2016) New records and new species of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryidae, Paronellidae) from lava tubes of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Subterranean Biology, 17, 77-120. Subterranean Biology, 17, 77-120.
Mari Mutt, J.A. Bellinger, P.F. (1990) The Catalog of the Neotropical Collembola Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 5, Sand Hill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 237 pp.
Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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