Benthana iporangensis

Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares, Araujo, Paula Beatriz, Bichuette, Maria Elina, Trajano, Eleonora & Taiti, Stefano, 2014, Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 172 (2), pp. 360-425 : 391

BENTHANA IPORANGENSIS LIMA & SEREJO, 1993

FIGURE 40

Benthana iporangensis Lima & Serejo, 1993: 490, figs 1– 4; Souza-Kury, 1998: 659; Leistikow & Wägele, 1999: 14; Schmalfuss, 2003: 53.

Remarks

To date, Benthana includes two subgenera: Benthana s.s. with 21 species and Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958 with four species. The genus is distributed in south-eastern and southern Brazil; two species, Benthana angustata ( Nicolet, 1849) and Benthana bilineata ( Nicolet, 1849) , are recorded from Chile, but their position in this genus is doubtful. Benthana iporangensis was described from material collected in three caves from São Paulo state: Águas Quentes, Areias de Cima, and Areias de Baixo caves ( Fig. 40 ). Benthana iporangensis was the second cavernicolous oniscidean described from Brazil.

Distribution

Brazil: São Paulo.

Figures

Figure 40. Distribution map of terrestrial isopods in Brazilian karst areas: 1, Miktoniscus medcofi; 2, Spelunconiscus castroi sp. nov.; 3, Xangoniscus aganju sp. nov.; 4, Leonardoscia hassalli sp. nov.; 5, Metaprosekia quadriocellata sp. nov.; 6, Metaprosekia caupe sp. nov.; 7, Benthana iporangensis; 8, Benthana taeniata; 9, Ischioscia amazonica; 10, Amazoniscus leistikowi sp. nov.; 11, Amazoniscus eleonorae; 12, Circoniscus bezzi, 13, Circoniscus buckupi; 14, Circoniscus carajasensis; 15, Circoniscus intermedius; 16, Circoniscus incisus; 17, Novamundoniscus altamiraensis sp. nov.; 18, Dubioniscus goeldii; 19, Dubioniscus marmoratus; 20, Trichorhina yiara sp. nov.; 21, Trichorhina curupira sp. nov.; 22, Trichorhina anhanguera sp. nov.; 23, Trichorhina guanophila; 24, Porcellionides pruinosus; 25, Armadillidium vulgare; 26, Ctenorillo ferrarai sp. nov.; 27, Cubaris murina; 28, Gabunillo aridicola. Abbreviations: AC, Acre; AL, Alagoas; AP, Amapá; AM, Amazonas; BA, Bahia; CE, Ceará; DF, Distrito Federal; ES, Espírito Santo; GO, Goiás; MA, Maranhão; MT, Mato Grosso; MS, Mato Grosso do Sul; MG, Minas Gerais; PA, Pará; PR, Paraíba; PR, Paraná; PE, Pernambuco; PI, Piauí; RJ, Rio de Janeiro; RN, Rio Grande do Norte; RS, Rio Grande do Sul; RO, Rondônia; RR, Roraima; SC, Santa Catarina; SP, São Paulo; SE, Sergipe; TO, Tocantins.