A new species of Troglobius (Collembola, Paronellidae, Cyphoderinae) from a Brazilian iron cave

By

Zeppelini, Douglas
Silva, Diego
Palacios-Vargas, J. G. (José Guadalupe)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

14

Pages

1-13

Subjects

Cave fauna , Iron Caves , Iron Ore , Southern Hemisphere , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.14.7355

 

Abstract

The genus Troglobius (Collembola: Paronellidae: Cyphoderinae) is known only from the Southern Hemisphere, the two species found so far were described from caves in Madagascar and Brazil. In this paper we describe a new Brazilian species and complement the descriptions of the previously known species. The new species is a troglomorph and was collected in a single cave, in iron formations in the state of Minas Gerais. Brazil. The original diagnosis of the genus is supplemented with new characters based on observations of the new species.