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Issue: Vol. 2765 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2765.1.3
Page range: 38–46
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Paraná, Brazil

Laboratório de Carcinologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 91510-070 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Laboratório de Carcinologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 91510-070 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Crustacea new species terrestrial isopod Oniscidea Philosciidae Brazil

Abstract

The Neotropical genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 includes 22 species, three of them allocated to the subgenus Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958. A new species is described from the state of Paraná, Brazil. This new species is distinguished from its congeners by having 8+2 aesthetascs on the antennula, the first article of the antennal flagellum unpigmented, the proximal inner tooth of the inner pectinate set of the maxillula with 7 denticles, and the pleopod 1 exopod with a dentiform protrusion with a concave appearance.

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