Metaprosekia sp, Leistikowi, 2000

Camile Sorbo Fernandes, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Paula Beatriz Araujo & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2019, Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian cavesı with emphasis on new records from northı midwestı northeast and southeast regions, Journal of Natural History 53 (17), pp. 1095-1129 : 1108

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2019.1634225
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3679807
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE793778-DF5D-FFB9-FDBF-FD91FF6AFD47
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Metaprosekia sp
status

Treatment

Metaprosekia sp .

Material examined

Bahiaı Andaraí: 23ı 3♀ ı 1 juvenileı Povoado de Igatuı Gruna Rio dos Pombos caveı 31 March 2013ı leg. leg. ME Bichuetteı JE Gallão and DM Schmonsky ( LES 6349 View Materials ) .

Distribution

Gruna Rio dos Pombos caveı Andaraíı state of Bahia.

Remarks

The genus Metaprosekia includes three speciesı M. caupe Campos-Filhoı Araujo and Taitiı 2014 and M. quadriocellata Campos-Filhoı Araujo and Taitiı 2014 from the state of Paráı and M. nodilinearis Leistikowı 2000 from Venezuela ( Leistikow 2000; Campos- Filho et al. 2014). The specimens examined here show the typical characters of the genus: body covered by fan-shaped scale setaeı eyes composed of four ommatidiaı antennula with two divergent sets of aesthetascs and antennal flagellum of three articles with very long apical organ (see Leistikow 2000). As mentioned by Campos- Filho et al. (2014)ı these characters can also be related with endogean way of life. In order to clarify the classification of these specimensı more surveys are necessary in- and outside caves. The present record considerably enlarges the distribution of the genus.