Venezillo congener ( Budde-Lund, 1904 )

Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares, Fernandes, Camile Sorbo, Cardoso, Giovanna Monticelli, Bichuette, Maria Elina, Aguiar, José Otávio & Taiti, Stefano, 2019, Two new species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves, Zootaxa 4564 (2), pp. 422-448 : 438-443

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Venezillo congener ( Budde-Lund, 1904 )
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Venezillo congener ( Budde-Lund, 1904) View in CoL

Figs 14–16 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 , 17D View FIGURE 17

Armadillo congener Budde-Lund, 1904: 108 View in CoL .— Jeppesen, 2000: 236.

Cubaris congenera (sic!).— Van Name, 1936: 340.— Vilela et al., 1971: 183.

Venezillo (Venezillo) congener View in CoL .— Arcangeli, 1957: 112.

Venezillo congeneris (sic!).— Souza-Kury, 1998: 653.

Venezillo congener View in CoL .—Leistikow & Wägele, 1999: 47.— Schmalfuss, 2003: 328.

Material examined. Goiás, São Domingos, Parque Estadual de Terra Ronca : 8 males (one with parts in micropreparations), 4 females (one with parts in micropreparations), 1 juv. ( LES 6393 About LES ), Lapa Bezerra cave , 13°32’50”S, 46°22’34”W, 12 February 2012, leg. D.M. von Schimonsky, J. E. Gallão and L. B. Simões GoogleMaps ; 1 male ( LES 6399 About LES ) , 1 male ( LES 6400 About LES ) , 1 male ( LES 6403 About LES ) , 1 female ( LES 6414 About LES ), same locality and collector as previous, 13°32’48.4”S, 46°22’32.5”W, 19 April 2012 GoogleMaps ; 3 males, 2 females, 1 juv. ( LES 1095 About LES ), Lapa da Angélica cave , 13°31’22”S, 46°22’55”W, 20 May 1999, leg. E. Trajano GoogleMaps ; 1 female ( LES 6368 About LES ) , 1 male ( LES 6371 About LES ), Suspirinho cave , 13°25’49.1”S, 46°24’49.7”W, 25 April 2012, leg. D.M. von Schimonsky, J. E. Gallão and C. S. Fernandes GoogleMaps ; 1 female ( LES 6374 About LES ), Suspirinho cave , 13°25’49.1”S, 46°24’49.7”W, 9 February 2012, leg. D.M. von Schimonsky, J. E. Gallão and L. B. Simões GoogleMaps ; 1 male ( LES 6379 About LES ), Suspirão cave , 13°25’49.1”S, 46°24’49.7”W, 9 February 2012, leg. D.M. von Schimonsky, J. E. Gallão and L. B. Simões GoogleMaps ; 1 female ( LES 6382 About LES ), Lapa do Angélica , 13°31’29.1”S, 46°23’07.3”W, 20 April 2011, leg. M.E. Bichuette, P. P. Rizzato and J. E. Gallão GoogleMaps ; 2 females ( LES 6383 About LES ) , 1 male, 1 female ( LES 6385 About LES ), Lapa do Angélica , 13°31’29.1”S, 46°23’07.3”W, 20 April 2011, leg. M.E. Bichuette, P. P. Rizzato, and J. E. Gallão GoogleMaps ; 2 males, 1 female ( LES 6397 About LES ) , 1 female ( LES 6398 About LES ), same locality as previous, 18 April 2012, leg. D.M. von Schimonsky, J. E. Gallão and L. B. Simões ; 1 female ( LES 6413 About LES ), same locality as previous, 10 February 2012, leg. D.M. von Schimonsky, J. E. Gallão and L. B. Simões ; 1 male, 1 female ( LES 6384 About LES ), Lapa do Angélica (epigean), 13°31’29.1”S, 46°23’07.3”W, 21 April 2011, leg. M.E. Bichuette, P. P. Rizzato and J. E. Gallão GoogleMaps ; 1 female ( LES 6406 About LES ), same locality as previous, 31 October 2012, leg. M.E. Bichuette, J. E. Gallão, L. B. Simões, C. S. Fernandes and T. Zepon. GoogleMaps

Re-description. Maximum body length: male 5.5 mm, female 6 mm. Colour light brown; cephalon with irregular unpigmented spots; pereonite 1 and posterior margins of epimera of pereonites 1–7 darker, median and paramedian portions lighter; pleon strongly pigmented.

Body in lateral view as in Figs 14A View FIGURE 14 , 17D View FIGURE 17 . Dorsal surface with semilunar scale-setae ( Fig. 14B View FIGURE 14 ). One line of small noduli laterales per side on pereonites 1–7, inserted almost at same distance from lateral margins ( Fig. 14A View FIGURE 14 ). Cephalon ( Fig. 14D View FIGURE 14 ) with rectangular frontal shield, suprantennal line absent; eyes with 18 ommatidia. Pereonite 1 with schisma on posterior corners, inner and outer lobes of schisma rounded, subequal, lateral margin grooved throughout entire length; pereonite 2 with triangular ventral tooth obliquely directed outwards and not surpassing outer margin of epimeron; pereonite 3 with small triangular ventral lobe ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 E–J); pereonites 1–7 with posterior margins slightly concave. Pleonites 3–5 epimera subrectangular, well developed ( Fig. 14A View FIGURE 14 ). Telson ( Fig. 14J View FIGURE 14 ) hourglass shaped, proximal part wider than distal one.

Antennula ( Fig. 14K View FIGURE 14 ) of three articles, proximal and distal articles subequal in length, distal article bearing eight distal aesthetascs. Antenna ( Fig. 14L View FIGURE 14 ) short and stout, distal article of peduncle longer than flagellum; flagellum of two articles, distal article three times as long as proximal one, bearing two lateral aesthetascs; apical organ short bearing two sensilla.

Mandibles with molar penicil consisting of many branches and dense cushion of setae, left mandible ( Fig. 15A View FIGURE 15 ) with 2+1 penicils, and right mandible ( Fig. 15B View FIGURE 15 ) with 1+1 penicils. Maxillula ( Fig. 15C View FIGURE 15 ) inner endite with two transverse penicils, distal margin rounded bearing thin setae; outer endite of 4+4 stout teeth. Maxilla ( Fig. 15D View FIGURE 15 ) outer lobe twice as wide as inner lobe, rounded and covered with thin setae; inner lobe rounded covered with thick setae. Maxilliped ( Fig. 15E View FIGURE 15 ) basis subrectangular; proximal article of palp with two setae distinct in length; endite subquadrangular, medial seta surpassing distal margin, outer margin rounded, distal margin bearing two short triangular setae.

Pereopod 1 carpus with transverse antennal grooming brush; dactylus with inner claw reaching median portion of outer claw, dactylar and ungual setae simple, not surpassing outer claw.

Uropod ( Fig. 16A View FIGURE 16 ) protopod with distal portion subrectangular, inner margin concave, endopod inserted proximally, exopod short, inserted dorsally on slight protuberance.

Pleopod exopods with monospiracular covered lungs.

Male. Pereopods ( Fig. 16B, C View FIGURE 16 ) without particular modifications; pereopod 7 ischium with sternal margin straight. Genital papilla ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ) with slender and triangular ventral shield, two subapical orifices. Pleopod 1 ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ) exopod triangular, small, wider than long, distal margin rounded with one short seta, outer margin slightly sinuous; endopod three times as long as exopod, distal portion slightly directed outwards and bearing some short setae. Pleopod 2 ( Fig. 16F View FIGURE 16 ) exopod triangular, outer margin distinctly concave bearing four setae; endopod distinctly longer than exopod. Pleopod 3–5 exopods as in Fig. 16G, H View FIGURE 16 .

Remarks. The genus Venezillo comprises 136 species with a wide distribution in the tropics ( Schmalfuss 2003, Boyko et al. 2008). The main characters distinguishing the genus are: the conglobation ability, one line of noduli laterales per side, large frontal shield of the cephalon, pereonite 1 with a schisma, pereonite 2 with a triangular ventral lobe, telson hour-glass shaped, and pleopod exopods with monospiracular covered lungs (see also Arcangeli 1957).

Budde-Lund (1904) described Armadillo congener from the “Nabilecche” [= Nabileque] River. The author did not mention the Brazilian state where the specimens were collected. Actually, the Nabileque River is located in the Pantanal region, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Van Name (1936) placed the species into the genus Cubaris without any explanation and referring to Budde-Lund’s description. Vandel (1952b) and Arcangeli (1957) transferred the species to the genus Venezillo .

Venezillo congener View in CoL is re-described here and confirmed as belonging to Venezillo View in CoL . Monospiracular covered lungs are common in several families of Crinocheta ( Ferrara et al. 1994; Paoli et al. 2002; Schmidt 2002, 2003, 2008), e.g., Philosciidae View in CoL (some species of Aphiloscia Budde-Lund, 1908 View in CoL ), Eubelidae View in CoL (e.g., Aethiopopactes Ferrara & Taiti, 1982 View in CoL , Angaribia Barnard, 1932 View in CoL and Pseudoaethiopopactes Ferrara, 1974 View in CoL ), most genera of Armadillidae View in CoL (e.g., Bethalus Budde-Lund, 1909 View in CoL , Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942 View in CoL , Diploexochus Brandt, 1833 View in CoL and Tuberillo Schultz, 1982 View in CoL ), all members of Agnaridae View in CoL (e.g., Agnara Budde-Lund, 1908 View in CoL , Mongoloniscus Verhoeff, 1930 View in CoL , Protracheoniscus Verhoeff, 1917 , and Hemilepistus Budde-Lund, 1879 View in CoL ), and Porcellionidae View in CoL (e.g., Porcellio Latreille, 1804 View in CoL and Tura Budde-Lund, 1908 View in CoL ) ( Ferrara 1974; Taiti & Ferrara 1985, 1987; Ferrara et al. 1994; Schmidt 2003; Taiti & Gruber 2010; Campos-Filho et al. 2014, 2017b; Kashani 2014, 2016). This character certainly evolved by convergence or parallel evolution in the different families (see Paoli et al. 2002; Schmidt 2002).

Venezillo congener View in CoL inhabits decaying and humid leaf litter, both inside or outside caves. In some occasions specimens were found wandering inside caves, over gravels and humid clay, and under large rocks. This species is considered here as troglophilic.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Armadillidae

Genus

Venezillo

Loc

Venezillo congener ( Budde-Lund, 1904 )

Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares, Fernandes, Camile Sorbo, Cardoso, Giovanna Monticelli, Bichuette, Maria Elina, Aguiar, José Otávio & Taiti, Stefano 2019
2019
Loc

Venezillo congener

Schmalfuss, H. 2003: 328
2003
Loc

Venezillo congeneris

Souza-Kury, L. A. 1998: 653
1998
Loc

Venezillo (Venezillo) congener

Arcangeli, A. 1957: 112
1957
Loc

Cubaris congenera

Vilela, E. F. & Kudo, H. & Loureiro, M. C. 1971: 183
Van Name, W. 1936: 340
1936
Loc

Armadillo congener

Jeppesen, P. 2000: 236
Budde-Lund, G. 1904: 108
1904
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