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Issue: Vol. 5092 No. 1: 18 Jan. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.8
Page range: 134-142
Abstract views: 404
PDF downloaded: 18

A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil. 2Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, SP, 05503-900, Brazil.
Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, SP, 05503-900, Brazil.
Myriapoda Atlantic Forest biodiversity Geophilomorpha morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Mecophilus carioca n. sp. is described based on males and females recently sampled in the Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, and is the first record of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The specimens were analyzed in both light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and photos and schematic illustrations are provided. The known distribution of the three species of Mecophilus are presented in a map.

 

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