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Seira galapagoensis Jacquemart, 1976

Colémbolo, Springtail

Slide preparation of Seira dowling , housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 28967). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.
Slide preparation of Seira dowling , housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 28967). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.

Scavenger; humid forest zone; forest humus at 200 m; no month given

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Collembola

Suborder
Entomobryomorpha

Superfamily
Entomobryoidea

Family
Hypogastruridae

Genus
Seira

Species
galapagoensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz, Santiago. Also reported from San Cristóbal and Pinzón by Peck (2001), but material deposition unconfirmed.

References

  • Jacquemart, S. (1976) Collemboles nouveaux des iles Galapagos Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador, 3, 137-157.
  • 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Seira galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6912. Accessed 1 November 2026.