taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D8A225FFCCFF8516D39DDDFAB5FB5C.taxon	materials_examined	Type species. Spelunconiscus castroi Campos-Filho, Araujo and Taiti, 2014, by original designation and monotypy. Emended diagnosis. Body unpigmented, slender, flexible, able to bend, surface smooth, with pointed scale setae. Eyes absent. Antennal flagellum with at least 4 articles. Right mandible bearing (or not) one penicil in the molar process. Maxillule outer branch with one slender stalk. Maxilliped endite narrow surrounded by two or three spines. Male pereopod VII ischium with a proximal spur-like structure on the rostral face. Male pleopod I exopod longer or shorter than endopod. Male pleopod II endopod distal portion narrow, triangular or beak-like. Pleonites 3 – 5 with epimera reduced, adpressed, without visible posterior points.	en	Ferreira, Rafaela Bastos-Pereira Leila A. Souza Beatriz de S. Sandi Rodrigo L. (2022): A new species of Spelunconiscus (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae) for Brazilian caves: new record for the type species and an emended diagnosis for the genus. Nauplius (e 2022018) 30: 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2022018, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022018
03D8A225FFCCFF8216D398AAFDBAF870.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 – 5) Material examined. Male, holotype (MZUSP 27521), MOC- 32 cave (recorded at National Registry of Speleological Information (CECAV, 2021) as Eritrina Cave — original name of the cave), Matozinhos, Minas Gerais, Brazil (19 ° 31 ’ 0.62 ” S 44 ° 02 ’ 56.81 ” W), 8 to 18 February 2011, coll. F. Franco; 1 entire male (MZUSP 27521), one entire female (MZUSP 27522), same data as holotype; 4 males (ISLA 62796), 18 females (ISLA 62795), Retiro Cave, São José da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (19 ° 39 ’ 49.60 ” S 43 ° 57 ’ 7.81 ” W), June 2018, coll. R. L. Ferreira. Maximum body length: 8.3 mm; 4 males mounted on slides (ISLA 62795, ISLA 64887, ISLA 64888, ISLA 64798). Remarks. Spelunconiscus castroi previously known only from the type locality (MOC- 32 cave, Matozinhos, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is now also record from the Retiro cave, São José da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Complementary description (some traits of the species are described based on the originally designated paratypes deposited in MZUSP and new material collected. For complete description check Campos-Filho et al. (2014 )). Antenna “ flagellum with 5 to 7 articles, according to animal size ” (see discussion below) (Fig. 2 B). Right mandible with 1 penicil adjacent to lacinia, 1 penicil in molar process, distal leaf-shaped (serrate) lacinia (Fig. 2 D). Maxilliped distal margin rounded; endite rectangular narrowing distally, slightly surpassing palp first tuft of setae, with large apical penicil with 1 spine at each side (Fig. 2 G). Antennula (Fig. 2 A) and other buccal pieces (Fig. 2 D – G). Pereopod I with row of small scales proximally and along merus and carpus ventral face (Fig. 3 A). Pereopod VII basis with rows of scales for water conducting system on caudal face; proximal spur-like structure on rostral face (Figs. 4, 5 A). Pleopod II endopod about fivefold longer than wide, distal portion bearing subapical elongated accessory lobe and lateral lobe (Fig. 5 C – E).	en	Ferreira, Rafaela Bastos-Pereira Leila A. Souza Beatriz de S. Sandi Rodrigo L. (2022): A new species of Spelunconiscus (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae) for Brazilian caves: new record for the type species and an emended diagnosis for the genus. Nauplius (e 2022018) 30: 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2022018, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022018
03D8A225FFCBFF8F16D49A3CFA40F990.taxon	description	(Figs. 6 – 8) Zoobank: urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: D 665 B 2 ED- 60 DF- 480 C-B 716 - E 32 FEDE 0 BE 98 Etymology. The specific epithet means septem (seven) + lacuum (lakes) in Latin, in reference to the name of the municipality where the cave is located (Sete Lagoas, in Portuguese, meaning “ seven lakes ”). Material examined. Holotype: male (ISLA 79134), June 2018, Taboa Cave, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil (19 ° 28 ’ 30.00 ” S 44 ° 19 ’ 41.70 ” W); coll. R. Ferreira. Paratypes: 3 males (ISLA 62791, ISLA 62792, ISLA 62793) and 1 female (ISLA 62794) mounted on slides, July and December 2015; 3 males (ISLA 79133), 5 females (ISLA 62797), same data as holotype; 1 male mounted on slide (ISLA 62790), Tatuzinhos cave, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil (19 ° 28 ’ 26.28 ” S 44 ° 20 ’ 1.60 ” W), July 2015, coll. F. Bondezanll. Diagnosis. Antennula distal article with 5 long aesthetascs. Antenna fifth article of peduncle longer than flagellum; flagellum with 4 or 5 articles proximal article longer (subequal in length to the distal ones). Pleopod II exopod sub-rectangular, distal margin straight; endopod three to fourfold longer than exopod, distal article about twofold longer than proximal, about fourfold longer than wide, robust, cylindrical, with beak-like distal portion, proximally with lateral lobe, distally with digitiform structure and several small projections. Description. Maximum body length: 10.6 mm. Body unpigmented, slender, flexible, able to bend, surface smooth, with pointed scale setae (Fig. 6 A). Eyes absent. Cephalon trapezoidal in dorsal view; posterior margin straight; less than half of its length, inserted in pereonite 1; small quadrangular antennal lobes; vertex with 2 shallow transverse antero-lateral grooves; profrons with supra-antennal line medially truncated, directed to projected clypeus. Antennula distal article longer than second and first; second article shorter than first, distal article with 5 apical aesthetascs (Fig. 6 B). Antenna fifth article of peduncle article longer than flagellum; flagellum with 4 to 5 articles, proximal article longer (subequal in length to distal ones) (Fig. 6 C). Right mandible with 1 penicil; distal leaf-shaped (serrate) lacinia; molar process with 1 short penicil (Fig. 6 D). Left mandible with 2 penicils (Fig. 6 E). Maxillula outer branch with 5 + 5 teeth apically entire and 1 slender stalk; inner branch with 3 penicils, inner penicil longest (Fig. 6 F). Maxilla setose, inner lobe larger than outer lobe (Fig. 6 G). Maxilliped basis triangular enlarged on distal portion, outer, inner, and distal margins with fringe of thin setae; palp with 3 projections, each of them with 1 tuft of setae; endite narrow, densely setose, narrowing towards apex with large conical penicil not attaining palp first tuft of setae, 1 proximal spine at each side (Fig. 6 H). Pereopod I carpus with antennal grooming brush (Fig. 7 A). Pereopod VII basis with water-conducting scale-rows on caudal face, dactyli with glabrous and unbranched dactylar setae. Uropod endopod slightly shorter than exopod, both inserted at same level; exopod more than twice the protopod length (Fig. 6 I). Male. Pereopod VII ischium rostral face with spur-like structure (Fig. 8 A). Genital papilla lanceolate. Pleopod I exopod triangular; endopod 2 - jointed; protopod external half enlarged projecting laterodistally, with simple setae on lateral and distal margins (Fig. 8 B). Pleopod II exopod sub-rectangular, with rounded vertices, distal margin straight; endopod 2 - jointed, three- to fourfold longer than exopod, distal article about twofold longer than proximal, about fourfold longer than wide, robust, cylindrical, with beak-like distal portion, proximally with lateral lobe, distally with digitiform structure and several small projections (Fig. 8 C – E). Pleopod exopods III to V subtrapezoidal with short setae at margins (Fig. 8 F – H).	en	Ferreira, Rafaela Bastos-Pereira Leila A. Souza Beatriz de S. Sandi Rodrigo L. (2022): A new species of Spelunconiscus (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae) for Brazilian caves: new record for the type species and an emended diagnosis for the genus. Nauplius (e 2022018) 30: 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2022018, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022018
