New species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT. A large collection of terrestrial isopods from different Brazilian regions was examined. Two new species of Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967 (Scleropactidae) are described: A. zimmeri Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Araujo sp. nov. from the state of Pará and A. schmidti Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Taiti sp. nov. from the state of Minas Gerais. Pseudotyphloscia alba (Dollfus, 1898) (Philosciidae) is firstly recorded from Brazil. The systematic position of Venezillo tuberosus (Budde-Lund, 1904) is discussed and transferred to Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942. Androdeloscia lejeunei (Lemos de Castro & Souza, 1986) and Diploexochus echinatus Brandt, 1833 from the state of Pará, are redescribed.

Catalogue of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazil: an update with some considerations

“…This species is recorded from greenhouses in Great Britain, Hawaii (USA), Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion (Schmalfuss, 2003). In Brazil, it is considered introduced and recorded from the states of Paraná, São Paulo and Santa Catarina (Magrini et al, 2010;Campos-Filho et al, 2017c). Xangoniscus aganju Campos-Filho, Araujo and Taiti, in Campos-Filho et al, 2014: 373, figs.…”

“…-Campos-Filho et al, 2017c Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo) (Campos-Filho et al, 2015b;2017c).…”

“…Widespread species known from southern China, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Java, Krakatau Is, Bali), Philippines, Taiwan and glasshouses in England (Kwon and Taiti, 1993;Gregory, 2014). In Brazil, it is considered an introduced species recorded from the states of Minas Gerais and Paraná (Campos-Filho et al, 2017c).…”

Taxonomic revision of Brasiloniscus (Oniscidea, Pudeoniscidae) with description of a new species

“…In the last years, our knowledge of the diversity of terrestrial isopods from Brazil has increased considerably and, to date, ca 200 species are known, including species from the subterranean environment (Schmalfuss 2003;Araujo & Quadros 2005;Souza et al 2006Souza et al , 2010Souza et al , 2011Souza et al , 2015Araujo & Taiti 2007;Sokolowicz et al 2008;Campos-Filho & Araujo 2011a, 2011bCampos-Filho et al 2012, 2013a, 2013b, 2015a, 2015b, 2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2017cCosta et al 2014;Zimmermann et al 2015;Cardoso et al 2016).…”

Cylindroniscus platoi (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae), a new cave-dwelling species from Lagoa Santa Karst, Southeastern Brazil

“…Terrestrial isopods comprise more than 3,700 described species distributed in almost all terrestrial habitats around the globe, including subterranean environments (Schmalfuss 2003;Sfenthourakis & Taiti 2015). To date, more than 180 species are known from Brazil (Campos-Filho et al in press), of which 36 are recorded from caves (Souza-Kury 1993;Souza et al 2006Souza et al , 2015Campos-Filho & Araujo 2011;Campos-Filho et al 2014, 2017a, 2017bSouza et al 2015;Cardoso et al 2016;Bastos-Pereira et al 2017). Among the aforementioned cave-dwelling species, only 14 are considered to be troglobionts, i.e.…”