New species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Paraná, Brazil
Citation
Campos-Filho I S, Araujo P B, plazi (2011). New species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Paraná, Brazil. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.206481 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.Description
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Campos-Filho, Ivanklin S., Araujo, Paula Beatriz (2011): New species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Paraná, Brazil. Zootaxa 2765: 38-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206481
Abstract
The Neotropical genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 includes 22 species, three of them allocated to the subgenus Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958. A new species is described from the state of Paraná, Brazil. This new species is distinguished from its congeners by having 8+2 aesthetascs on the antennula, the first article of the antennal flagellum unpigmented, the proximal inner tooth of the inner pectinate set of the maxillula with 7 denticles, and the pleopod 1 exopod with a dentiform protrusion with a concave appearance.
Key words: new species, terrestrial isopod, Oniscidea, Philosciidae, Brazil
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Paula Beatriz Araujo
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