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Issue: Vol. 4171 No. 2: 28 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.2
Page range: 246–258
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Two new troglobiotic palpigrades (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from Brazil

Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia Geral, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG. CEP 37200-000, Brazil
Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia Geral, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG. CEP 37200-000, Brazil
Palpigradi Caves endemism taxonomy troglomorphism

Abstract

Two new species of troglobiotic Brazilian palpigrades are described: Eukoenenia jequitinhonha sp. n., found in Lapa do Córrego do Vieira cave (Caraí, Minas Gerais) and E. cavatica sp. n., found in Cazanga cave (Arcos, Minas Gerais). The importance of documenting the occurrence of troglobiotic species, even if they are represented by only a single specimen, is discussed.

 

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