Xangoniscus aganju Campos-Filhoı Araujo and Taitiı 2014

Camile Sorbo Fernandes, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Paula Beatriz Araujo & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2019, Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian cavesı with emphasis on new records from northı midwestı northeast and southeast regions, Journal of Natural History 53 (17), pp. 1095-1129 : 1104

Xangoniscus aganju Campos-Filhoı Araujo and Taitiı 2014

Material examined

Bahia: Carinhanha: 13 Mandiaçu caveı 11 September 2008ı leg. ME Bichuetteı B Rantin and L Senna-Horta ( LES 6427 ); Coribe: 13ı 4♀ ı Caverna Domingão caveı 27 July 2012ı leg. ME Bichuetteı JE Gallão and PP Rizzato ( LES 6437 ); 43ı 1♀ ( LES 6435 )ı 1♀ ( LES 6436 )ı 13 2♀ ( LES 6454 )ı 1♀ ( LES 6456 )ı Caverna Chico Pernambuco caveı 28 July 2012ı leg. ME Bichuetteı JE Gallão and PP Rizzato .

Distribution

This species is recorded from Gruna do Mandiaçu caveı Carinhanhaı Caverna Domingão caveı and Caverna Chico Pernambuco caveı all in the state of Bahia ( Campos-Filho et al. 2014 ı 2019).

Remarks

Troglobitic and amphibious species ( Campos-Filho et al. 2014 ı 2018a). As mentioned by Campos-Filho et al. (2019) ı specimens of X. aganju from Caverna Domingão and Chico Pernambuco caves are morphologically very similar with specimens from Gruna do Mandiaçu cave (type-locality)ı with few differences on male pleopod 2 endopod (see figure 14 in Campos-Filho et al. 2014 ı and figure 7 in Campos-Filho et al. in press). It isı thereforeı possible that each population represent a lineage undergoing evolutionary differentiation. Future molecular studies are needed to confirm if these populations belong to the same or distinct taxonomic entities.