Iheringia: Série Zoologia (Oct 2017)

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

  • Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho,
  • Giuseppe Montesanto,
  • Paula Beatriz Araujo,
  • Stefano Taiti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2017034
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 107, no. 0

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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.

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