identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
143B9D3D323FE361B08F43340213CE4E.text	143B9D3D323FE361B08F43340213CE4E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Circoniscus boitata Galo & Cardoso & Ferreira 2025	<div><p>Circoniscus boitata sp. nov.</p><p>Zoobank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6C5913A9-A222-4295-A7B1-EF5B59B8B0BD</p><p>(Figures 1–4; 6)</p><p>Type material. Holotype. Male (ISLA97041), Brazil, Minas Gerais state, municipality of Itacarambi, Nestor cave (-15.012456°; -44.121890°), 25/I/2015, L.M. Rabelo leg. ; Paratypes. 3 females, 1 male, same data as holotype (ISLA 95810); 1 female, same data as holotype (ISLA 97043) (SEM); 2 females, 1 male (ISLA97044), Brazil, Minas Gerais state, municipality of Itacarambi, Lapa d’água do Zezé cave (-15.006745°; -44.117087°), 25/I/2015; L.M Rabelo leg.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition. In Brazilian folklore, Boitatá (also known as the "fire serpent") is a mythical creature that protects forests and fields from those who seek to burn or destroy them. In some versions of the legend, it is described as a large, glowing serpent that transforms into a blazing log to punish wrongdoers.</p><p>Diagnosis. Circoniscus boitata sp. nov. is characterized by the absence of eyes and body pigment; schisma on pereonite 1; pereonites 2 and 3 with ventral lobes; antenna with 6 aesthetascs arranged in two sets; antennula bearing 7 aesthetascs on lateral margin arranged in three sets; male pereopod 7 ischium elongated; male pleopod 1 exopod wider than long; pleopod 5 exopod reduced; distal margin of pleotelson straight.</p><p>Description. Male holotype (ISLA 97041). Maximum body lenght: 4.3mm. Eyes and body pigment absent. Body convex, with endoantennal conglobation capacity (Fig. 1A), surfacecovered by small triangular scale-setae. Noduli laterales and glandular pores not visible (Fig. 2F).</p><p>Cephalon (Figs 1B, C; 2A, B) wider than long, frontal shield continuous with pereonite 1, frontal margin broadly rounded with concave sides, lateral lobes absent.</p><p>Pereonite 1 epimera (Fig. 1A, D; 2F) with schisma; pereonites 2 and 3 (Fig. 1A, D; 2G) with ventral lobes; pereonites epimera inner face (Fig.2G) with continuous ridge.</p><p>Pleon (Fig. 1E; 2H) outline continuous with pereon, epimera 3–5 well developed.</p><p>Pleotelson (Fig. 1E; 2H) triangular, broader than long, anterior margin straight, lateral margins not following outline of pleonite 5, distal margin rounded.</p><p>Antennula (Fig. 1F) with three articles, distal article approximately five times longer than second article, conical, with seven lateral aesthetascs arranged in three sets.</p><p>Antenna (Fig. 1G; 2C, D) short and stout, not surpassing pereonite 2 when extended backwards; flagellum of two articles, distal article elongated, longer than proximal article,bearing two lateral sets of three aesthetascs each; apical organ longer than distal article of flagellum.</p><p>Mandibles (Fig. 3A, B) molar penicil with 6-7 branches, left mandible with 2+1 penicils and right mandible with 1+1 penicils.</p><p>Maxilliped (Fig. 3C) basis rectangular, bearing sparse thin setae; palp proximal article with one long seta, medial and distal articles with two tufts of long thin setae; endite subrectangular, medial seta short, not surpassing distal margin, distal margin covered with thin setae, without any seta on outer portion, rostral surface with one short penicil.</p><p>Maxilla (Fig. 3D) inner lobe rounded, covered with thick setae, outer lobe approximately three times wider than inner lobe; covered with thin setae.</p><p>Maxillula (Fig. 3E) inner endite with two apical penicils, distal margin slightly rectangular; outer endite with 6 + 6 teeth, inner set with five cleft and one simple teeth.</p><p>Pereopods (1-7) gradually increasing in size. Pereopod 1 (Fig. 2E; 4A) covered by robust setae, mainly propodus, carpus and merus; propodus and carpus with sparse hand-like setae on distal margin, with antennal grooming brush; dactylus inner claw shorter than outer claw, ungual and dactylar setae long and simple.</p><p>Uropod (Fig. 2H; 4H) protopod flattened and elongated, filling gap between pleonite 5 and pleotelson, surpassing distal margin of telson, and surpassing distal halt of exopod length; exopod inserted on median margin of uropod, endopod twice as long as exopod, inserted proximally to endopod.</p><p>Male. Pereopod 1 (Fig. 2E; 4A) merus, carpus and ischium with short scale fields on sternal margin. Pereopod 7 (Fig. 4B) ischium elongated; sternal margin concave; carpus slightly longer than merus; triangular lobe on rostral portion of merus absent. Genital papilla (Fig. 4C) with triangular ventral shield and showing subapical orifices. Pleopod 1 exopod (Fig. 4C) trapezoidal, distal margin roundedwider than long, bearing two small setae; endopod with tapering apex, bent outwards, inner margin with small setae. Pleopod 2 exopod (Fig. 4D) subtriangular, distal margin elongated, tapering, outer margin covered by thin setae; endopod flagelliform, slightly longer than exopod. Pleopods 3–4 exopods as in Fig. 4E and F, respectively. Pleopod 5 exopod (Fig. 4G) subtriangular, apex elongated and slightly acute.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/143B9D3D323FE361B08F43340213CE4E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Galo, Júlia Barbosa;Cardoso, Giovanna Monticelli;Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes	Galo, Júlia Barbosa, Cardoso, Giovanna Monticelli, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes (2025): Breaking ground below: first troglobitic Circoniscus (Isopoda: Scleropactidae) from Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5723 (1): 117-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.6
