Nauplius (Jan 2023)

Cave-dwellers Diploexochus (Isopoda, Armadillidae): new species and new records of the genus from Brazil

  • Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso,
  • Rafaela Bastos-Pereira,
  • Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31

Abstract

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Abstract Two new species of Diploexochus are described. Diploexochus spinatus sp. nov. from Lapa do Honorato cave, located in the municipality of Iuiu, and Diploexochus obscurus sp. nov. from Água Escura I cave, located in the municipality of Carinhanha, both in the southwest of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Both species are likely to occur in caves due to anthropogenic impacts in the surrounding area (such as deforestation) and/or looking for the stable microclimatic conditions found in the subterranean realm. Additionally, D. echinatus is recorded in a cave in the municipality of Rurópolis, Pará State, northern Brazil. These represent the first records of the genus for subterranean environments.

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