Benthana taeniata Araujo & Buckup, 1994

Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares, Sfenthourakis, Spyros, Gallo, Jéssica Scaglione, Gallão, Jonas Eduardo, Torres, Dayana Ferreira, Chagas-Jr, Amazonas, Horta, Lília, Carpio-Díaz, Yesenia Margarita, López-Orozco, Carlos Mario, Borja-Arrieta, Ricardo, Araujo, Paula Beatriz, Taiti, Stefano & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2023, Shedding light into Brazilian subterranean isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea): expanding distribution data and describing new taxa, Zoosystema 45 (19), pp. 531-599 : 540

Benthana taeniata Araujo & Buckup, 1994

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Benthana taeniata Araujo & Buckup, 1994: 269 , figs 1-13, 28. — Campos-Filho et al. 2018a: 11 (for previous records).

Benthana taeiata [sic] – Campos-Filho et al. 2020: 18, fig. 14.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Brazil • 1 ♂; Gruta da Tapagem cave (= Caverna do Diabo), Eldorado, state of São Paulo ; 24°38’15.30”S, 48°24’03.30”W; 460 m a.s.l.; 25.III.2021; M. E. Bichuette, J. E. Gallão, V. F. Sperandei & T. Zepon leg.; LES 27972 • 1 ♀; same locality and collectors as previous; 26.III.2021; LES 28044 .

DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs in Atlantic Forest areas from the states of Distrito Federal to the state of Rio Grande do Sul ( Campos-Filho et al. 2015a). In caves, it is recorded from Gruta Zeferino I cave, São Roque de Minas, state of Minas Gerais, and Ressurgência das Areias de Água Quente and Gruta do Capinzal caves, Iporanga, state of São Paulo ( Campos-Filho et al. 2020) . The present record extends our knowledge on its distribution to the PECD, state of São Paulo. Based on its distribution, the species is considered to be a troglophile.

Figures

FIG. 8. — Distribution map of the Philosciidae representatives:A, Benthana olfersii (Brandt,1833) and B. taeniana Araujo & Buckup, 1994; B, Caraiboscia jabutiensis Campos-Filho, Taiti & Bichuette, n. sp. Abbreviations of states: GO, state of Goias; MS, state of Mato Grosso do Sul; MT, state of Mato Grosso; PR, state of Paraná; SP, state of São Paulo.