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Benthana moreirai Lemos de Castro 1985

Description

Benthana moreirai Lemos de Castro, 1985

Fig. 3

Material examined: Brazil, Santa Catarina: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Anitápolis, SC-407 Road, between Santa Rosa de Lima and Anitápolis, 27°59’33”S, 49°06’48”W, alt. 340 m, leg. P.B. Araujo and B.L. Zimmermann, 26/ VI/2012 (UFRGS 5576).

Remarks: Benthana moreirai was known only from the type locality, Itariri (24°17’21”S, 47°10’28”W), south of the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil (Lemos de Castro, 1985; Schmalfuss, 2003). The present record indicates that the species’ natural range extends southwards.

Notes

Published as part of Costa, Silvana Leal Nunes, Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares & Araujo, Paula Beatriz, 2014, New species and new records of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from southern Brazil, pp. 169-176 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) (São Paulo) 54 (13) on page 174, DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.13, http://zenodo.org/record/5755768

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
UFRGS
Event date
2012-06-26
Family
Philosciidae
Genus
Benthana
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
UFRGS 5576
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lemos de Castro
Species
moreirai
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2012-06-26
Taxonomic concept label
Benthana moreirai de, 1985 sec. Costa, Campos-Filho & Araujo, 2014

References

  • LEMOS DE CASTRO, A. 1985. Duas especies novas brasileiras de Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda, Oniscoidea, Philosciidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 45: 241 - 247.
  • SCHMALFUSS, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 654: 1 - 341. Available at: www. oniscidea-catalog. naturkundemuseum-bw. de / Cat _ terr _ isop. pdf. Access in: 2013, September 9.