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A New Species of Benthana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Philosciidae) from Southern Brazil
A new species of Benthana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Philosciidae) from southern Brazil Carolina C. Sokolowicz; Paula B. Araujo & Juliana F. Boelter Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, prédio 43435, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] ABSTRACT. A new species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 is described from southern Brazil. Benthana cairensis sp. nov. is distinguished from the other species in the genus by having 17 aesthetascs on the antennula and the elongated male pleopod 1 exopod with a lobe on the inner lateral margin and up to six setae on the outer lateral margin. The new species most resembles B. olfersii (Brandt, 1833), but may be distinguished by lacking the lobe with six setae on the internal margin of the proximal extremity of the merus of pereiopod 7. Furthermore, we include B. olfersii in the subgenus Benthanoscia based on the examined material as described herein. KEY WORDS. Neotropical; Oniscidea; terrestrial isopod. RESUMO. Uma nova espécie de Benthana Budde-Lund (Crustacea: Isopoda: Philosciidae) sul do Brasil. Uma nova espécie de Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908, é descrita de material coletado no sul do Brasil. B. cairensis sp. nov. distingue-se das outras espécies do gênero por apresentar 17 estetascos na antênula e o exópode do pleópode 1 do macho alongado, com um lobo e portando seis setas na margem lateral externa. A nova espécie assemelha- se a B. olfersii (Brandt, 1833) em várias características, mas pode ser diferenciada pela ausência do lobo com seis setas na margem externa da extremidade proximal do mero do pereiópodo 7. -
In Termite Nests (Blattodea: Termitidae) in a Cocoa Plantation in Brazil Biota Neotropica, Vol
Biota Neotropica ISSN: 1676-0611 [email protected] Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Brasil Teixeira Lisboa, Jonathas; Guerreiro Couto, Erminda da Conceição; Pereira Santos, Pollyanna; Charles Delabie, Jacques Hubert; Araujo, Paula Beatriz Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) in termite nests (Blattodea: Termitidae) in a cocoa plantation in Brazil Biota Neotropica, vol. 13, núm. 3, julio-septiembre, 2013, pp. 393-397 Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Campinas, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=199128991039 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Biota Neotrop., vol. 13, no. 3 Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) in termite nests (Blattodea: Termitidae) in a cocoa plantation in Brazil Jonathas Teixeira Lisboa1,7, Erminda da Conceição Guerreiro Couto2, Pollyanna Pereira Santos3, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie4,5 & Paula Beatriz Araujo6 1Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, CEP 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil. www.uesc.br/zoologia 2Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, CEP 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil. www.uesc.br/cursos/pos_graduacao/mestrado/ppsat 3Universidade Federal de Viçosa – UFV, CEP 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brasil. www.pos.entomologia.ufv.br 4Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, CEP 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil. www.uesc.br/dcaa/index.php 5Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Convênio UESC/CEPLAC, Centro de Pesquisa do Cacau, CP 7, CEP 45600-000 Itabuna, BA, Brasil. -
Millipedes (Diplopoda) from Caves of Portugal
A.S.P.S. Reboleira and H. Enghoff – Millipedes (Diplopoda) from caves of Portugal. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v. 76, no. 1, p. 20–25. DOI: 10.4311/2013LSC0113 MILLIPEDES (DIPLOPODA) FROM CAVES OF PORTUGAL ANA SOFIA P.S. REBOLEIRA1 AND HENRIK ENGHOFF2 Abstract: Millipedes play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter in the subterranean environment. Despite the existence of several cave-adapted species of millipedes in adjacent geographic areas, their study has been largely ignored in Portugal. Over the last decade, intense fieldwork in caves of the mainland and the island of Madeira has provided new data about the distribution and diversity of millipedes. A review of millipedes from caves of Portugal is presented, listing fourteen species belonging to eight families, among which six species are considered troglobionts. The distribution of millipedes in caves of Portugal is discussed and compared with the troglobiont biodiversity in the overall Iberian Peninsula and the Macaronesian archipelagos. INTRODUCTION All specimens from mainland Portugal were collected by A.S.P.S. Reboleira, while collectors of Madeiran speci- Millipedes play an important role in the decomposition mens are identified in the text. Material is deposited in the of organic matter, and several species around the world following collections: Zoological Museum of University of have adapted to subterranean life, being found from cave Copenhagen, Department of Animal Biology, University of entrances to almost 2000 meters depth (Culver and Shear, La Laguna, Spain and in the collection of Sofia Reboleira, 2012; Golovatch and Kime, 2009; Sendra and Reboleira, Portugal. 2012). Although the millipede faunas of many European Species were classified according to their degree of countries are relatively well studied, this is not true of dependence on the subterranean environment, following Portugal. -
"Philosciidae" (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)
Org. Divers. Evol. 1, Electr. Suppl. 4: 1 -85 (2001) © Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik http://www.senckenberg.uni-frankfurt.de/odes/01-04.htm Phylogeny and Biogeography of South American Crinocheta, traditionally placed in the family "Philosciidae" (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) Andreas Leistikow1 Universität Bielefeld, Abteilung für Zoomorphologie und Systematik Received 15 February 2000 . Accepted 9 August 2000. Abstract South America is diverse in climatic and thus vegetational zonation, and even the uniformly looking tropical rain forests are a mosaic of different habitats depending on the soils, the regional climate and also the geological history. An important part of the nutrient webs of the rain forests is formed by the terrestrial Isopoda, or Oniscidea, the only truly terrestrial taxon within the Crustacea. They are important, because they participate in soil formation by breaking up leaf litter when foraging on the fungi and bacteria growing on them. After a century of research on this interesting taxon, a revision of the terrestrial isopod taxa from South America and some of the Antillean Islands, which are traditionally placed in the family Philosciidae, was performed in the last years to establish monophyletic genera. Within this study, the phylogenetic relationships of these genera are elucidated in the light of phylogenetic systematics. Several new taxa are recognized, which are partially neotropical, partially also found on other continents, particularly the old Gondwanian fragments. The monophyla are checked for their distributional patterns which are compared with those patterns from other taxa from South America and some correspondence was found. The distributional patterns are analysed with respect to the evolution of the Oniscidea and also with respect to the geological history of their habitats. -
Is Ellipura Monophyletic? a Combined Analysis of Basal Hexapod
ARTICLE IN PRESS Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 4 (2004) 319–340 www.elsevier.de/ode Is Ellipura monophyletic? A combined analysis of basal hexapod relationships with emphasis on the origin of insects Gonzalo Giribeta,Ã, Gregory D.Edgecombe b, James M.Carpenter c, Cyrille A.D’Haese d, Ward C.Wheeler c aDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA bAustralian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia cDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA dFRE 2695 CNRS, De´partement Syste´matique et Evolution, Muse´um National d’Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France Received 27 February 2004; accepted 18 May 2004 Abstract Hexapoda includes 33 commonly recognized orders, most of them insects.Ongoing controversy concerns the grouping of Protura and Collembola as a taxon Ellipura, the monophyly of Diplura, a single or multiple origins of entognathy, and the monophyly or paraphyly of the silverfish (Lepidotrichidae and Zygentoma s.s.) with respect to other dicondylous insects.Here we analyze relationships among basal hexapod orders via a cladistic analysis of sequence data for five molecular markers and 189 morphological characters in a simultaneous analysis framework using myriapod and crustacean outgroups.Using a sensitivity analysis approach and testing for stability, the most congruent parameters resolve Tricholepidion as sister group to the remaining Dicondylia, whereas most suboptimal parameter sets group Tricholepidion with Zygentoma.Stable hypotheses include the monophyly of Diplura, and a sister group relationship between Diplura and Protura, contradicting the Ellipura hypothesis.Hexapod monophyly is contradicted by an alliance between Collembola, Crustacea and Ectognatha (i.e., exclusive of Diplura and Protura) in molecular and combined analyses. -
Sequence Analyses of the 16S Rrna of Epigean and Hypogean Diplurans in the Jumandi Cave Area, Ecuador
Espinasa, Christoforides & Morfessis Sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA of epigean and hypogean diplurans in the Jumandi Cave area, Ecuador Luis Espinasa1,2, Sara Christoforides1 & Stella E. Morfessis1 1 School of Science, Marist College, 3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, USA 2 [email protected] (corresponding author) Key Words: Diplura, Jumandi Cave, Ecuador, troglophile, troglobite, Arthropoda, Insecta, surface, cave, depigmentation, eyeless, Nicoletiidae. One of the most visited caves in Ecuador is Jumandi Cave (0o 52.5028’ S, 77o 47.5587’ W). Jumandi Cave is 660 meters above sea level, 4 kilometers north of the village of Archidona, and 14 km north of the town of Tena in the Napo Province (Peck 1985). The cave is a single stream passage with side corridors. For a full description of the cave and a map see Peck (1985). Temperature inside the cave is 22 °C (Peck 1985). Bats and bat guano is scarce throughout the cave. A stream takes up most of the cave floor and brings in considerable plant debris that may be the food source for the aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate community. The most distinguished inhabitant of this cave is the endemic cave-adapted catfish, Astroblepus pholeter (Collette, 1962) (Collette 1962; Haspel et al. 2012). Stewart Peck, professor and entomologist at the University of Carleton, visited Jumandi Cave in 1984 and conducted a bioinventory. He reported the presence of 22 species of invertebrates as well as the Astroblepus catfish (Peck 1985). According to Peck, 19 species of the invertebrates were troglophiles and three were trogloxenes. The only reported troglobiont was Astroblepus pholeter (Peck 1985). -
New Species of Short Range Endemic Troglobitic Silverfish (Zygentoma
RECORDS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 27 101–116 (2012) New species of short range endemic troglobitic silverfi sh (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from subterranean habitats in Western Australia’s semi-arid Pilbara region Graeme B. Smith1, Stefan M. Eberhard2, Giulia Perina2 and Terrie Finston3 1 Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia. Email: [email protected]. Author for correspondence. 2 Subterranean Ecology Pty Ltd, Suite 8, 37 Cedric Street, Stirling, Western Australia 6021, Australia. Email: [email protected] 3 School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. Email: terrie.fi [email protected] ABSTRACT – Two new troglobitic species of silverfi sh of the genus Trinemura Silvestri are described from the semi-arid Pilbara region of Western Australia. A third species is recorded but not described due to the lack of a mature male specimen. The deep subterranean habitat of these new species is developed within weathered rocks of banded iron formation. The surveyed distributions of each species appears confi ned to proximal landforms which are topographically and geologically isolated from each other. Molecular genetic evidence (12S) supports the morphological defi nition and phylogeographic separation. KEYWORDS: hypogean, troglobite, iron ore formations INTRODUCTION 2006). The remaining named species are recorded from Silverfi sh of the family Nicoletiidae are generally endogean habitats. collected in caves and other soil-related habitats such Subterranean invertebrates that are restricted to as under stones or logs; they are primitively eyeless and hypogean environments such as caves are classifi ed generally lack pigmentation. Smith (1998) reviewed as troglobites. -
Crustacea Isopoda Oniscidea
Re£'. West. Ausl. Mus. 1993. 16(2): 257-267 Two new genera of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from north-western Western Australia H.Oalens* Abstract Oniscidea collected from the Kimberley region and Barrow Island, Western Australia belong to the families Ligiidae, Olibrinidae, Philosciidae and Armadillidae. The family Olibrinidae is recorded for the first time from Australia. Two new genera of Armadillidae, Kimberleydillo gen. novo and Barrowdillo gen. nov., and two new species, Kimberleydillo waldockae sp. novo and Barrowdillo pseudopyrgoniscus sp. nov., are described. Introduction This publication deals with the specimens of terrestrial isopods collected during the months of August and September 1991 from cave and non-cave habitats by Ms J.M. Waldock and Or W.F. Humphreys from Barrow I~land. Specimens prefixed WAM are lodged in the Western Australian Museum, those prefixed DH are in the personal collection of the author. Systematics Family Ligiidae Brandt and Ratzeburg, 1831 Genus Ligia Fabricius, 1798 Ligia exotica Roux, 1828 Ligia exotica Roux, 1828, p1.l3, fig.9; Roman, 1977: 119, figs 6-7. Megaligia exotica Verhoeff, 1926: 348; Van Name, 1936: 48. Material examined Barrow Island, Wapet camp, 20 0 50'8"S, 115°25'0"E, beach beneath stones, 6 September 1991, W.F. Humphreys and B. Vine, (WAM 126-91), female. Remarks This cosmopolitan species is the most widely distributed in the world, except Europe. In Australia, in spite of the fact that most records of Ligia have been assigned (Green 1962: 83) to Ligia australiensis Oana, 1853, it seems that this species is limited to the south-eastern and southern coasts of Australia from New South Wales to South Australia and in Tasmania (Green 1974: 238). -
Woodlice in Britain and Ireland: Distribution and Habitat Is out of Date Very Quickly, and That They Will Soon Be Writing the Second Edition
• • • • • • I att,AZ /• •• 21 - • '11 n4I3 - • v., -hi / NT I- r Arty 1 4' I, • • I • A • • • Printed in Great Britain by Lavenham Press NERC Copyright 1985 Published in 1985 by Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Administrative Headquarters Monks Wood Experimental Station Abbots Ripton HUNTINGDON PE17 2LS ISBN 0 904282 85 6 COVER ILLUSTRATIONS Top left: Armadillidium depressum Top right: Philoscia muscorum Bottom left: Androniscus dentiger Bottom right: Porcellio scaber (2 colour forms) The photographs are reproduced by kind permission of R E Jones/Frank Lane The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) was established in 1973, from the former Nature Conservancy's research stations and staff, joined later by the Institute of Tree Biology and the Culture Centre of Algae and Protozoa. ITE contributes to, and draws upon, the collective knowledge of the 13 sister institutes which make up the Natural Environment Research Council, spanning all the environmental sciences. The Institute studies the factors determining the structure, composition and processes of land and freshwater systems, and of individual plant and animal species. It is developing a sounder scientific basis for predicting and modelling environmental trends arising from natural or man- made change. The results of this research are available to those responsible for the protection, management and wise use of our natural resources. One quarter of ITE's work is research commissioned by customers, such as the Department of Environment, the European Economic Community, the Nature Conservancy Council and the Overseas Development Administration. The remainder is fundamental research supported by NERC. ITE's expertise is widely used by international organizations in overseas projects and programmes of research. -
Description of the Adult Male of Pseudocellus Pachysoma Teruel & Armas 2008 (Ricinulei: Ricinoididae)
Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, nº 24 (30/06/2014): 75–79. ARTÍCULO Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología (S.E.A.). ISSN: 1576 - 9518. http://www.sea-entomologia.org/ DESCRIPTION OF THE ADULT MALE OF PSEUDOCELLUS PACHYSOMA TERUEL & ARMAS 2008 (RICINULEI: RICINOIDIDAE) Rolando Teruel1 & Frederic D. Schramm2 1 Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (Bioeco), Museo de Historia Natural "Tomás Romay". José A. Saco # 601, esquina a Barnada; Santiago de Cuba 90100. Cuba – [email protected] 2 Wehrdaer Weg 38a; Marburg 35037. Germany – [email protected] Abstract: The adult males of the Cuban endemic ricinulid Pseudocellus pachysoma Teruel & Armas 2008 are herein described on the basis of a sample recently collected in a cave locality of northern Guantánamo province. As a result, the taxonomic diagnosis of this species is updated and further data on its morphological, morphometric and chromatic variability are given. Also, its habitat and microhabitat are described, as well as some aspects about its behavior under both natural and captive conditions. Key words: Ricinulei, Ricinoididae, Pseudocellus, Cuba. Descripción del macho adulto de Pseudocellus pachysoma Teruel & Armas 2008 (Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) Resumen: Se describen los machos adultos del ricinuleido endémico cubano Pseudocellus pachysoma Teruel & Armas 2008, so- bre la base de un lote capturado recientemente en una localidad cavernaria del norte de la provincia de Guantánamo. Como con- secuencia, se actualiza la diagnosis taxonómica de esta especie y se aportan datos adicionales sobre su variabilidad morfológica, morfométrica y cromática. Además, se describe su hábitat y microhábitat, así como algunos aspectos de su comportamiento en condiciones naturales y de cautividad. Palabras clave: Ricinulei, Ricinoididae, Pseudocellus, Cuba. -
Publicación Ocasional En Versión
ISSN 0716 - 0224 MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL CHILE PUBLICACIÓN OCASIONAL N° 66 / 2017 CATÁLOGO DE LA COLECCIÓN DEL MATERIAL TIPO DEPOSITADO EN EL ÁREA DE ZOOLOGÍA DE INVERTEBRADOS DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL Andrea Martínez, Catalina Merino-Yunnissi y Gabriel Rojas Motivo de la portada Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense Reiswig & Araya, 2014 MNHNCL POR-100 Holotipo Loc.: 50km. NO de Caldera, Chile, Lat. S 26°44’; Long. W 70°07’, Recol.: F/V “Juan Antonio”, Fecha Recol.: 07.01.2014, Prof. m: 1300-1800, Ejemp.: 1, Nº Est.: 6 (Figura 1), Mat.: Seco, Est.: En colección Leg.: ND Fotografía, Herman Núñez. Referencia Bibliográfica Martínez, A. Merino-Yunnissi, C. y G.Rojas. 2017. Catálogo de la Colección del Material Tipo depositado en el Área de Zoología de Invertebrados del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 66: 9-64. Este volumen está disponible para su distribución en formato pdf. Toda correspondencia debe dirigirse a: Casilla 787 – Santiago, Chile www.mnhn.cl MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA Ministra de Educación Adriana Delpiano Puelma Subsecretaria de Educación Valentina Quiroga Canahuate Director de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos Ángel Cabeza Monteira PUBLICACIÓN OCASIONAL DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL CHILE Director Claudio Gómez Papic Editor Herman Núñez Comité Editor Mario Elgueta Gloria Rojas David Rubilar Rubén Stehberg © Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos Inscripción N° Diagramación: Herman Núñez Ajustes de diagramación: Milka Marinov Una institución pública se mantiene con los recursos que el Estado provee para su permanencia, puesto que se considera que estas instituciones son importantes desde el punto de vista estratégico del desarrollo del país, a partir de diversos ámbitos: educación, producción, salud entre otras importantes funciones, y aún para la preservación del patrimonio natural o cultural. -
Biodiversity of the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico
diversity Communication Biodiversity of the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico Oscar F. Francke, Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas † and Jesús A. Cruz-López *,‡ Colección Nacional De Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City C. P. 04510, Mexico; [email protected] (O.F.F.); [email protected] (R.M.-R.) * Correspondence: [email protected] † Current address: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA. ‡ Current address: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas y Pecuarias del Valle de Oaxaca, Santo Domingo Barrio Bajo, Etla C. P. 68200, Mexico. Abstract: Sistema Huautla is the deepest cave system in the Americas at 1560 m and the fifth longest in Mexico at 89,000 m, and it is a mostly vertical network of interconnected passages. The surface landscape is rugged, ranging from 3500 to 2500 masl, intersected by streams and deep gorges. There are numerous dolinas, from hundreds to tens of meters in width and depth. The weather is basically temperate subhumid with summer rains. The average yearly rainfall is approximately 2500 mm, with a monthly average of 35 mm for the driest times of the year and up to 500 mm for the wettest month. All these conditions play an important role for achieving the highest terrestrial troglobite diversity in Mexico, containing a total of 35 species, of which 27 are possible troglobites (16 described), including numerous arachnids, millipedes, springtails, silverfish, and a single described species of beetles. With those numbers, Sistema Huautla is one of the richest cave systems in the world. Keywords: troglobitics; arachnids; insects; millipedes Citation: Francke, O.F.; Monjaraz-Ruedas, R.; Cruz-López, J.A.