Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves Author Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares Author Araujo, Paula Beatriz Author Bichuette, Maria Elina Author Trajano, Eleonora Author Taiti, Stefano text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2014 Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 2014-09-26 172 2 360 425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12172 journal article 10.1111/zoj.12172 0024-4082 5314053 246C2229-308B-4A9B-A150-CE1D27D2EBD8 MIKTONISCUS MEDCOFI ( VAN NAME, 1940 ) FIGURES 1–4 , 40 Miktoniscus medcofi Lemos de Castro, 1953: 529 , fig. I; Lemos de Castro, 1971: 10 , fig. 3; Souza-Kury, 1998: 668 ; Araujo & Bueno, 1998: 186 ; Leistikow & Wägele, 1999: 7 ; Schmalfuss, 2003: 166 . Material examined Brazil , Pará : three ♂ (one in micropreparations) , four ♀ , two specimens without pleon, Canaã dos Carajás, SB karst area, 6°17′S , 49°59′W , undated, leg. R . Bessi ( UFRGS 5374 ) . Remarks At present Miktoniscus includes 15 species distribut- ed in the USA , Mexico , Brazil , and western Europe ( Schmalfuss, 2003 ). Miktoniscus medcofi ( Van Name, 1940 ) was described from specimens collected in glasshouses in Illinois , USA . Four species ( Trichoniscus veracrucensis Mulaik, 1960 ; Miktoniscus humus Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942 ; Miktoniscus alabamensis Muchmore, 1964 , and Miktoniscus ohioensis Muchmore, 1964 ) are considered junior synonyms of M. medcofi (see Schultz, 1976 ). This species has been recorded from several localities in southern and central USA , Vera Cruz in Mexico , and in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rio Grande do Sul, where it is most probably introduced. The species is fully re-illustrated herein ( Figs 1–4 ) with the material from Canaã dos Carajás to allow for future diagnosis.