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| Xangoniscus itacarambiensis
Pereira, Souza & Ferreira, 2017
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Abstract
Xangoniscus (Styloniscidae, Synocheta, Isopoda) includes only two species, both occurring in Brazil. Here a new amphibious troglobitic species of this genus found at Olhos D’Água Cave, Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, is described. Xangoniscus itacarambiensis sp. nov. differs from the congeneric species mainly due to the following characters: head well-detached from the first pereonite, second and third articles of antennula subequal in length, presence of six short aesthetascs in the antennula and reduced triangular lobe in the distal part of pleopod 2 endopod.
Keywords: Isopoda, Styloniscidae, Xangoniscus, Brazil
Rafaela Bastos Pereira, Leila Aparecida Souza and Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira. 2017. A New Amphibious Troglobitic Styloniscid from Brazil (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Synocheta). Zootaxa. 4294(2); 292–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.11