Novamundoniscus sp. 3, Schultzi, 1995

Camile Sorbo Fernandes, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Paula Beatriz Araujo & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2019, Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian cavesı with emphasis on new records from northı midwestı northeast and southeast regions, Journal of Natural History 53 (17), pp. 1095-1129 : 1113

Novamundoniscus sp. 3

Material examined

Bahia: 2♀ ı Carinhanhaı Caverna Bem Bom caveı 6 December 2012ı leg. ME Bichuette and JE Gallão ( LES 6440 ). Goiásı São Domingos: 1♀ ı Lapa do Angélica caveı 18 June 2012ı leg. DM Schimonskyı JE Gallão and LB Simões ( LES 6395 ); Terra Ronca I caveı 30 October 2012ı leg. ME Bichuetteı JE Gallãoı LB Simõesı CS Fernandes and T Zepon ( LES: 13ı 1♀ ı 6409; 1♀ ı 6412); 13ı Terra Ronca II caveı 6 October 2011ı leg. ME Bichuette and LB Simões ( LES 6386 ); 1♀ ı near São Domingos River (Epigean)ı 25 April 2012ı leg. DM Schimonskyı JE Gallão and CS Fernandes ( LES 6370 ); 1♀ ı Russão System (Epigean)ı 23 April 2011ı leg. ME Bichuetteı PP Rizzato and JE Gallão ( LES 6381 ) .

Distribution

Novamundoniscus sp. 3 was found in- and outside of the caves listed above.

Remarks

New record. Non-troglomorphic. The specimens examined show body pigments light brownı eyes constituted of ten ommatidia and elongated antennae and uropod exopod. Considering these characters and its occurrence in- and outside cavesı this species is considered troglophilic.