Benthana iporangensis Lima & Serejo, 1993

Fig. 14

Benthana iporangensis Lima & Serejo, 1993: 490, figs 1–4.

Benthana iporangensis – Pinto-da-Rocha 1995: 97. — Souza-Kury 1998: 659. — Leistikow & Wägele 1999: 14. — Schmalfuss 2003: 53. — Campos-Filho et al. 2015a: 44. figs 30–31, 32c. — Pires et al. 2015: 69, table 1. — Trajano et al. 2016: 1819. — Bastos-Pereira et al. 2017: 292. — Cavalcanti 2017: 49, table 2. — Gallão & Bichuette 2018: 7, table 1. — Campos-Filho et al. 2018a: 10. — Fernandes et al. 2019: 1106, table 1.

Material examined

BRAZIL – São Paulo State, Iporanga • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; PEI (Sede), Gruta Detrás; 24°16′15″ S, 48°25′08″ W; 825 ma.s.l.; 26–30 Mar. 2009; F. Pellegatti-Franco leg.; LES 0640 • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 2 mancas; PETAR, Gruta do Couto; 24°32′00″ S, 48°41′56″ W; 13–20 Apr. 2009; F. Pellegatti-Franco leg.; LES 1771 • 2 ♀♀; PETAR, Caverna Morro Preto; 24°31′50″ S, 48°41′59″ W; 30 Sep. 2012; LES 4422 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; LES 4425 • 5 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LES 4426 .

Distribution

Benthana iporangensis was described from three caves in the Areias system: Ressurgência das Areias de Água Quente, Areias de Cima and Areias de Baixo caves, Alto Ribeira karst area, state of São Paulo (Lima & Serejo 1993). Our records extend the known distribution of this species to other caves within the Alto Ribeira karst area. This species is recorded only from caves and is considered to be troglobiotic.