Benthana picta ( Brandt, 1833 )

Costa, Silvana Leal Nunes, Campos-Filho, Ivanklin Soares & Araujo, Paula Beatriz, 2014, New species and new records of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from southern Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 54 (13), pp. 169-176 : 174

Benthana picta ( Brandt, 1833)

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Material examined: Brazil: Paraná: 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Tibagi, Parque Estadual Guartelá , 24°34’10”S, 50°15’57”W, alt. 1098 m, leg. P.B. Araujo, B.L. Zimmermann, 12/VIII/2012, primary vegetation, Cerrado biome área, dry leaf litter ( UFRGS 5538 ) ; 14 ♂♂, 52 ♀♀, Curitiba, Parque São Lourenço , 25°23’16”S, 49°15’58”W, leg. P.B. Araujo and B.L. Zimmermann, 13/VIII/2012, forest with many pieces of wood, area of a club ( UFRGS 5502 ) ; 18 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀, Curitiba, Parque Barigui , 25°25’35”S, 49°18’39”W, alt. 908 m, leg. P.B. Araujo, B.L. Zimmermann, 13/VIII/2012, impacted area ( UFRGS 5506 ) ; 1 ♂, Curitiba, Parque Barigui , leg. P.B. Araujo and B.L. Zimmermann, 28/ VI/2012, dense vegetative cover, forest edge ( UFRGS 5604 ) ; 6 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Lapa, Parque Estadual do Monge , 25°46’55”S, 49°41’49”W, leg. P.B. Araujo, B.L. Zimmermann, 11/VIII/2012, in forest, dense vegetation cover ( UFRGS 5505 ) ; 9 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Lapa, Parque Estadual do Monge , alt. 1009 m, leg. P.B. Araujo, B.L. Zimmermann, 11/VIII/2012, impacted area, site with restaurants and kiosks, ( UFRGS 5541 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Piên , 26°06’58”S, 49°25’25”W, leg. P.B. Araujo, B.L. Zimmermann, 28/VI/2012, dense vegetation cover, few roots, on Araucaria angustifolia leaves ( UFRGS 5603 ) . Santa Catarina: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Joinvile , 26°19’19”S, 48°51’49”W, leg. G.M. Cardoso, 8/IX/2013 ( UFRGS 5766 ) , 3 ♀♀, Blumenau , Parque das Nascentes, 27°03’27”S, 49°05’10”W, leg. P.B. Araujo, B.L. Zimmermann and A. Ferrari, 26/ VI/2012, open vegetation cover, in bromeliads (UFR- GS 5566) ; 2 ♂♂, Blumenau , Parque das Nascentes, leg. P.B. Araujo and B.L. Zimmermann, 26/VI/2012, open vegetation cover, in bromeliads ( UFRGS 5577 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Blumenau , Parque das Nascentes, leg. P.B. Araujo and B.L. Zimmermann, 26/VI/2012, open vegetation cover, in bromeliads ( UFRGS 5584 ) ; 9 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Orleans, behind Hotel Nob , 28°21’17”S, 49°16’29”W, leg. P.B. Araujo and B.L. Zimmermann, 24/VI/2012, dense vegetation cover, primary vegetation ( UFRGS 5594 ) . Rio Grande do Sul: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Carazinho , 28°17’53”S, 52°56’34”W, leg. G.M. Cardoso, 27/VIII/2013 ( UFRGS 5728 ) ; 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Fontoura Xavier , 29°00’17”S, 52°21’01”W, leg. G.M. Cardoso, 27/VIII/2013 ( UFRGS 5727 ) .

Remarks: Benthana picta has records in Brazil from the state of Espírito Santo to the state of Rio Grande do Sul ( Araujo & Lopes, 2003), and in Paraguay from Villarica ( Andersson, 1960).

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FIGURE 3: Map distribution of the species of Benthana from southern Brazil. *: Benthana carijos sp. nov.; : Benthana cairensis; : Benthana longicornis; : Benthana moreirai; ·: Benthana picta; ·: Benthana serrara; : Benthana taeniata.