Novamundoniscus sp. 3 Schultzi 1995

Novamundoniscus sp. 3 Material examined Bahia: 2♀ ı Carinhanhaı Caverna Bem Bom caveı 6 December 2012ı leg. ME Bichuette and JE Gall��o (LES 6440). Goi��sı S��o Domingos: 1♀ ı Lapa do Ang��lica caveı 18 June 2012ı leg. DM Schimonskyı JE Gall��o and LB Sim��es (LES 6395); Terra Ronca I caveı 30 October 2012ı leg. ME Bichuetteı JE Gall��oı LB Sim��esı CS Fernandes and T Zepon (LES: 13ı 1♀ ı 6409; 1♀ ı 6412); 13ı Terra Ronca II caveı 6 October 2011ı leg. ME Bichuette and LB Sim��es (LES 6386); 1♀ ı near S��o Domingos River (Epigean)ı 25 April 2012ı leg. DM Schimonskyı JE Gall��o and CS Fernandes (LES 6370); 1♀ ı Russ��o System (Epigean)ı 23 April 2011ı leg. ME Bichuetteı PP Rizzato and JE Gall��o (LES 6381). Distribution Novamundoniscus sp. 3 was found in- and outside of the caves listed above. Remarks New record. Non-troglomorphic. The specimens examined show body pigments light brownı eyes constituted of ten ommatidia and elongated antennae and uropod exopod. Considering these characters and its occurrence in- and outside cavesı this species is considered troglophilic.
Published as part of Camile Sorbo Fernandes, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Paula Beatriz Araujo & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2019, Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves�� with emphasis on new records from north�� midwest�� northeast and southeast regions, pp. 1095-1129 in Journal of Natural History 53 (17) on page 1113, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1634225, http://zenodo.org/record/3673375