Leodesmus yporangae (Schubart, 1946)

Alocodesmus yporangae Schubart, 1946: 308, Fig. 1 (Male holotype, MZSP, from cave Areias de Baixo, Iporanga, 48°42’01.65”W; 24°35’01.71”S, São Paulo, Brazil); Schubart, 1955: 513; Hoffman, 1969: 281, 1990: 31; Mauriès, 1974: 545, 546; Silhavý, 1974: 897; Pinto-da-Rocha, 1995: 103.

Leodesmus yporangae: Mauriès & Geoffroy, 2000: 162; Trajano et al., 2000: 269; ICMBio, 2016: 67.

Historical records: BRAZIL. São Paulo: Iporanga, Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), cave Areias de Baixo (48°42’01.65”W; 24°35’01.71”S),1942, C.Pavan coll., 5♂ 7♀ (Schubart, 1946) ; 1942, Dreifuss / Pavan coll., 5♂ 7♀; cave Areias de Cima (48°42’01.65”W; 24°35’01.71”S), 19.ii.1951, O. Schubart coll., 6♂ 8♀; 10.xi.1982, E. Trajano coll., 1♀; 24.viii.1983, N.M. Godoy coll ., 8♂; cave Água Quente (Ressurgência das Areias), (48°40’18.18”W; 24°33’45.55”S), 22.x.1983, N.M. Godoy coll., 2♂ 2♀; 29.x.1997, E.H. Santos coll., 2♂; cave Alambari de Cima (48°39’53.34”W; 24°33’18.55”S), 1984, E. Trajano coll., 1♂ 1♀; 09.iv.1990, M.C. Chamani & J.P.M. Seino coll., 1♂ (Mauriès & Geoffroy, 2000 ).

Material examined: BRAZIL. São Paulo: Iporanga, Parque EstadualTurísticodoAltoRibeira(PETAR),(48°38’48.09”W; 24°29’10.07”S), undetermined cave, vii.1992, A. Eterovic coll., 1♂ 7♀ (IBSP 3576 ).

Remarks: According to the most recent Brazilian Red Book of Threatened Species of Fauna (2016), the species is the only one chelodesmidan considered as critically endangered from Brazil, occurring exclusively in the subterranean system from Vale do Ribeira (Schubart, 1946; Pinto-da-Rocha, 1995).