Abstract
Two species of Oniscidea are recorded for the state of Paraíba for the first time. Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833 from Campina Grande and Cabaceiras and Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) from Campina Grande. Moreover, Alloniscus buckupi Campos-Filho & Cardoso, 2018 and Atlantoscia floridana (Van Name, 1940) have their distribution extended, and a short discussion about the record of A. buckupi in a semiarid area is provided.
Highlights
Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) comprise more than 3,800 species in 38 families distributed in almost all types of terrestrial habitats (Schmalfuss, 2003; Javidkar et al, 2015; Richardson and Araujo, 2015; SfenthourakisCampos-Filho et al.New records of Oniscidea from Paraíba and Taiti, 2015; Taiti, 2018)
In this work two species of terrestrial isopods are recorded from the state of Paraíba for the first time: Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833 from Campina Grande and Cabaceiras, and Porcellionidaes pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) from Campina Grande
The Caatinga comprises a high biodiversity with a high number of endemics (Leal et al, 2005; Loebmann & Haddad, 2010), and, as other Brazilian biomes, suffers with high levels of degradation due to overexploitation of its natural resources (Alves et al, 2009)
Summary
Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) comprise more than 3,800 species in 38 families distributed in almost all types of terrestrial habitats 192 species are known from Brazil, mostly from southeastern and southern regions (Campos-Filho et al, 2018a; 2019). In the state of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil, three species are recorded, Alloniscus buckupi CamposFilho and Cardoso, 2018 (Alloniscidae) and Atlantoscia floridana (Van Name, 1940) (Philosciidae) from João Pessoa, and Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) (Armadillidiidae) from Boqueirão (Lemos de Castro, 1985; Zimmermann et al, 2015; Campos-Filho et al, 2018b). A. buckupi and A. floridana were found to occur in Campina Grande, the former in the Caatinga biome, which will be briefly discussed below
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