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Issue: Vol. 5428 No. 4: 25 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.4.6
Page range: 571-588
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Cayenniola albaserrata n. sp., a geographical relict from a Brazilian hotspot of subterranean biodiversity and the first troglobitic Priodesmini (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae: Chelodesminae)

Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas; Instituto Butantan; Av. Vital Brasil; 1500; Butantã; 05503-900 São Paulo; SP; Brazil; Pós-Graduação em Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; Matão Street; Butantã; 05508-090 São Paulo; SP; Brazil
Virginia Museum of Natural History; 21 Starling Avenue; Martinsville; Virginia 24112; USA
Virginia Museum of Natural History; 21 Starling Avenue; Martinsville; Virginia 24112; USA
Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea (www.biologiasubterranea.com.br); Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação; Universidade Federal de Lavras; 37200-000 Lavras; MG; Brazil
Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas; Instituto Butantan; Av. Vital Brasil; 1500; Butantã; 05503-900 São Paulo; SP; Brazil
Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas; Instituto Butantan; Av. Vital Brasil; 1500; Butantã; 05503-900 São Paulo; SP; Brazil
Myriapoda Bahia caves millipedes Neotropics taxonomy troglomorphisms

Abstract

A new troglobitic species of Chelodesmidae, Cayenniola albaserrata n. sp., from the Água Clara cave system, Caatinga Domain, Bahia, Brazil is described. The new species is only the sixth known troglobitic chelodesmid, the first troglobitic species in the Priodesmini, and the first member of the tribe recorded from the state of Bahia. Unique among the Priodesmini, male C. albaserrata n. sp. possess greatly elongated pre-gonopodal tarsal claws and differ from the only congener, Cayenniola styliger (Jeekel, 1963), by a combination of gonopodal and somatic characters including classical troglomorphic traits such as a nearly unpigmented body and remarkably long antennae, legs, and tarsal claws. Cayenniola styliger is only known from the type locality in the Amazon rainforest of coastal French Guiana, suggesting that C. albaserrata n. sp. may represent a relictual species from the Caatinga Domain of Brazil. We provide ecological notes and evaluate the potential threats to the habitat of C. albaserrata n. sp., considering both the subterranean environment and the surrounding areas.

 

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