First amphibious Crinocheta (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the Neotropics with a troglobitic status: a relictual distribution

Carlos Mario López-Orozco; Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho; Livia Medeiros Cordeiro; Jonas Eduardo Gallão; Yesenia M Carpio-Díaz; Ricardo Borja-Arrieta; Maria Elina Bichuette

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1192.114230

First amphibious Crinocheta (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the Neotropics with a troglobitic status: a relictual distribution

Zookeys. 2024 Feb 19:1192:9-27. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.114230. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Carlos Mario López-Orozco¹, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho², Livia Medeiros Cordeiro^{3

4}, Jonas Eduardo Gallão^{1

3}, Yesenia M Carpio-Díaz^{1

5}, Ricardo Borja-Arrieta^{1

5}, Maria Elina Bichuette^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil Universidade Federal de São Carlos São Carlos Brazil.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia (Nicosia), Cyprus University of Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus.
³ Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Subterrâneos, São Paulo, Brazil Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Subterrâneos São Paulo Brazil.
⁴ Grupo de Espeleologia Serra da Bodoquena, São Paulo, Brazil Grupo de Espeleologia Serra da Bodoquena São Paulo Brazil.
⁵ Grupo de Investigación en Biología Descriptiva y Aplicada, Universidad de Cartagena, Programa de Biología, Campus San Pablo, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Universidad de Cartagena Cartagena de Indias Colombia.

Abstract

The first freshwater amphibian representative of Crinocheta (Oniscidea) from the Neotropics is described from caves within the Brazilian Cerrado biome, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Kadiweuoniscusrebellisgen. et sp. nov. is placed in the family Philosciidae. The present work represents a significant contribution to future studies seeking to understand the ecological and evolutionary processes of Crinocheta within the Neotropical region. Moreover, it highlights the importance of biodiversity surveys in subterranean environments toward effective conservation efforts of these unique habitats and their surroundings.

Keywords: Cave fauna; Serra da Bodoquena; new genus; new species; southwestern Brazil; troglobitic species; тerrestrial isopods.

Carlos Mario López-Orozco, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Livia Medeiros Cordeiro, Jonas Eduardo Gallão, Yesenia M. Carpio-Díaz, Ricardo Borja-Arrieta, Maria Elina Bichuette.