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from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire isopods are known in (Schmalfuss 2003, Naturelle Grigore Antipa 58: 47-49. Campos-Filho et al. 2014, 2015a, 2015b, 2016, Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. (2015): The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a Souza et al. 2015, Cardoso et al. 2016). Three spe- hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic cies of the genus are recorded in the Entomolology 40: 61-81. country: L. culebrae from Rio Grande do Norte, L.

Key words: ants, Dobrogea, faunistics, checklist, insularis (Lemos de Castro & Souza 1986) from Romania. Pará, and L. tropicalis Taiti & Ferrara, 1986 from Rio de Janeiro (Lemos de Castro 1965, Leistikow Article No.: e177201 2001b, Araujo & Taiti 2007). L. insularis was previ- Received: 28. January 2017 / Accepted: 15. February 2017 ously allocated in the genus Prosekia Vandel, 1968 Available online: 09. March 2017 / Printed: December 2017 and nowadays it is accepted as member of the ge- nus Littorophiloscia (Leistikow 2001a). Ioan TĂUŞAN1,* The objectives of this study are to present new and Albena LAPEVA-GJONOVA2 records of Littorophiloscia and to expand the knowledge on the geographic distribution of the 1. Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Department of Environmental genus in Brazil based on specimens collected in Sciences, Applied Ecology Research Centre, 5-7 Dr. Raţiu, Sibiu, Romania. the state of Bahia. 2. Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski", Department of Zoology and Anthropology, 8 Dragan Tzankov blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria Specimens were collected from mangroves of Camaçari *Corresponding author, Ioan Tăuşan, E-mail: [email protected], (12°42’32”S; 38°08’25”W), Salvador (12º47'32"S; [email protected] 38°28'18"W), Camamu (13°56’59”S; 39°06’27”W), Ilhéus (14°49’03”S; 39°03’07”W), Una (15°05’02”S; 38°59’57”W), and Canavieiras (15°40’35”S; 38°56’27”W) municipalities with the aid of tweezers and brushes, and stored in plas- Distribution of terrestrial isopods of tic tubes containing 70% alcohol and 5% glycerin. the genus Littorophiloscia (, Searches were carried out in the ground, trunks, and tree branches of the mangrove environments. The examined ) along specimens were deposited in the Collection of the Brazilian coast the Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The family Halophilosciidae includes 34 species distributed in three genera, Halophiloscia Verhoeff, Littorophiloscia denticulata 1908, Littorophiloscia Hatch, 1947, and Stenophiloscia (Ferrara & Taiti, 1982) Verhoeff, 1908 (Kim & Kwon 2002, Schmalfuss Material examined. Brazil, Bahia. Salvador, Baía 2003, Taiti & Lopez 2008, Taiti & Checcucci 2011, de Aratu (12º47'32"S; 38°28'18"W) 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ Taiti & Argano 2009, Taiti 2014). The family is (UFRGS 4546), 12.I.2007, leg. J.T. Lisboa, man- mainly distributed in tropical coastal regions grove, in the leaf litter and under stones. (Schmidt 2003). Remarks. This species was described based on The genus Littorophiloscia includes 22 species individuals collected in the Andaman Islands (In- occurring in coastal environments of tropical dian Ocean) (Ferrara & Taiti 1982); it was also re- zones, except for L. alticola (Vandel, 1977) which corded in Guatemala, Central America (Schmidt & occurs in montane forests of St. Helena Island Leistikow 2004). This is the first record of this spe- (Vandel 1977, Taiti & Ferrara 1986). Some species cies for the South American continent. have restricted distribution, e.g. Littorophiloscia riedli (Strouhal, 1966) from the Red Sea and L. occi- Littorophiloscia tropicalis Taiti & Ferrara, 1986 dentalis (Ferrara & Taiti, 1983) from the Material examined. Brazil, Bahia. Camaçari, Barra (Schmalfuss 2003). Other species have wider dis- do Jacuípe (12°42’32”S; 38°08’25”W): 6 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀ tributions through different continents such as L. (UFRGS 5813), 15.IX.2013, leg. I.S. Campos-Filho & tropicalis Taiti and Ferrara, 1986 occurring in the J.T. Lisboa. Camamu (13°56’59”S; 39°06’27”W): 1 , , and Asia, and L. culebrae (Moore, ♂, 9 ♀♀. (UFRGS 5809), 18.IX.2013, leg. I.S. Cam- 1901) in the Americas, Africa, and Pacific Islands pos-Filho & J.T. Lisboa. Ilhéus, Cachoeira river (Taiti & Ferrara 1986, Taiti & Checcucci 2009, Taiti (14°49’03”S; 39°03’07”W): 8 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ (UFRGS 2014). 4715), 13.V.2009, leg. J.T. Lisboa, mangrove, river To date, more than 170 species of terrestrial estuary; 5 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ (UFRGS 4716), 03.XII.2009, leg. Correspondence –Notes 355

J.T. Lisboa, mangrove, river estuary; 6 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀ (UFRGS 4717), 03.XII.2009, leg. J.T. Lisboa, man- grove, river estuary; 6 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀ (UFRGS 4718) 04.XII.2009, leg. J.T. Lisboa, mangrove, river estu- ary; 5 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀ (UFRGS 4736), 04.XII.2009, leg. J.T. Lisboa, mangrove, river estuary; 11 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 3 juveniles (UFRGS 5753), 04.XII.2009, leg. J.T. Lis- boa, mangrove, leg. J.T. Lisboa, mangroove, river estuary. Una, Ilha do Desejo (15°05’02”S; 38°59’57”W): 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (UFRGS 5812), 19.IX.2013, leg. I.S. Campos-Filho & J.T. Lisboa, mangroove, river estuary; Canavieiras (15°40’35”S; 38°56’27”W), 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (UFRGS 5741), 29.VII.2013, leg. J.T. Lisboa, on Rhizophora mangle L. trees, on the bark of trunks and branches. Remarks. The first record for Littorophiloscia tropicalis in Brazil was from Cabo Frio municipal- ity, state of Rio de Janeiro (Lemos de Castro 1965). Figure 1. The genus Littorophiloscia in Brazil: L. tropicalis - (▲) historical record and (▲) present work; L. insularis - This study extends the knowledge on the occur- (); L. denticulata - (●), and - L. culebrae - (). rence of L. tropicalis in Brazil. This species has a circumtropical distribution (Schmalfuss, 2003; Taiti & Checcucci 2009; Taiti 2014). lected in Rio de Janeiro and examined by Lemos de Castro (1965). It is expected that the genus oc- This research presents the first record of the curs in other coastal areas of Brazil. genus Littorophiloscia in the state of Bahia, expand- ing the knowledge on the geographical distribu- Acknowledgments. The authors are thankful to CAPES tion of the genus in Brazil. Currently, there are for the scholarship granted to JTL. To ICMBio (Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade) and four species of the genus recorded for different re- SisBio (Sistema de Autorização e Informação em gions of the country (Fig. 1), including L. culebrae, Biodiversidade) for the license to collecting the specimens in Rocas Atoll, Rio Grande do Norte (Araujo & (license number 25716). To CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Taiti 2007), and L. insularis, state of Pará (Lemos de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Castro & Souza, 1986). This was also the first re- MCT/CNPq/MEC/CAPES/PROTAX 562202/2010-2) for cord of L. denticulata for South America. funding, for the scholarship granted to ISC-F (PDE The Brazilian coastline comprises approxi- 204468/2014-0) and for the productivity grant given to PBA. To CNR, ISE (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, mately 7,408 km, of which 1,208 km are in the ter- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Sesto Fiorentino, ritory of the state of Bahia (Andrade & Dominguez Florence, ) for hosting ISC-F during his postdoctoral 2002). Mangroves are distributed along the coast fellowship. To Kelly Martinez Gomes (UFRGS), for the from Cape Orange, state of Amapá, to Laguna development of the distribution map. municipality, state of Santa Catarina (Machado et al. 2008). The species recorded in this study were References Andrade, A.C.S., Dominguez, J.M. (2002). Informações geológico- collected from mangroves of the Bahia coast. It is geomorfológicas como subsídios à análise ambiental: o exemplo noteworthy that L. denticulata was found foraging da planície costeira de Caravelas. Bahia, Boletim Paranaense de on the ground litter during the low tide, while L. Geociências 51: 9-17. Araujo, P.B., Taiti, S. (2007). Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, tropicalis was found under tree barks. The speci- Oniscidea) from Rocas Atoll, northeastern Brazil. Arquivos do mens of L. culebrae collected from the Rocas Atoll Museu Nacional 65: 347-355. were found in the supralittoral zone, inhabiting an Campos-Filho, I.S., Araujo, P.B., Bichuette, M.E., Trajano, E., Taiti, S. (2014). Terrestrial isopods from Brazilian caves. Zoological area covered with shells, bones, and vegetation in Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 360-425. an advanced state of decomposition (Araujo & Campos-Filho, I.S., Taiti, S., Araujo, P.B. (2015a). Taxonomic Taiti 2007). No information regarding the habitat revision of the genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: ). Zootaxa 4022: 1-73. of L. insularis is available. The species was col- Campos-Filho, I.S., Mise, K.M., Sessegolo, G.C. (2015b). A new lected from Ilha de Fortaleza, an estuarine island species of Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: of the Amazon River basin (Lemos de Castro & Platyarthridae) from Paraná caves, southern Brazil. Nauplius 23: 112-119. Souza 1986). The same is true for L. tropicalis col- 356 North-Western Journal of Zoology 13(2) / 2017

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These species are sympatric, inhabiting leaf litter (Dias et al. 2006, Lira et al. 2013, Lira & Al- Key words: Mangroves, Oniscidea, Neotropics, state of buquerque 2014), and are widely distributed in Bahia, Estuary. northeast Brazil (Lourenço 2002, Dias et al. 2006, Porto et al. 2010, Lira et al. 2015). Article No.: e167301

Received: 10. April 2016 / Accepted: 17. August 2016