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Cormocephalus impressus Porat, 1876

Chagas-Jr, Amazonas & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2018, A synopsis of centipedes in Brazilian caves: hidden species diversity that needs conservation (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), ZooKeys 737, pp. 13-56 : 17-18

publication ID

 https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.737.20307

publication LSID

 lsid:zoobank.org:pub:87B31942-088B-46DE-B3AF-10F04BA2EA08

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scientific name

 Cormocephalus impressus Porat, 1876
status

 

Cormocephalus impressus Porat, 1876

Published records.

None.

Material examined.

PARÁ: Altamira (Equatorial Rainforest), Sandstone: Abrigo Assurini, (UFSCAR) 1 spec, xii.2010, Bichuette, ME., Gallão, JE., von Schimonsky, DM.

Distribution.

Cormocephalus impressus is distributed in the Antilles, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil ( Bücherl 1942, 1974). This species has been observed in northern, central, and western Brazil, but a unique specimen from one cave in the Amazonian region strongly suggests that C. impressus is an accidental species in Brazilian caves.

Habitat.

Cave (unconsolidated substrate - sand).

Conservation.

Cormocephalus impressus is under threat locally due to the construction of a huge hydroelectrical dam in the Altamira region (Belo Monte) that will flood Abrigo Assurini (M.E. Bichuette, pers. comm.).

Specimens