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.