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Ana Sofia Reboleira

Monograph on terrestrial isopods from caves of Portugal

12/12/2015

 
The cavernicolous Oniscidea (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Portugal
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Cordioniscus lusitanicus Reboleira & Taiti, 2015

Abstract 

The study of subterranean Oniscidea in Portugal has been neglected for nearly 70 years, but recent investigations have revealed high diversity. All the terrestrial isopods known from caves of mainland Portugal, including data from the literature and new material, are listed, revealing new biodiversity patterns. Twenty-seven species, belonging to 15 genera and six families, are known, of which 16 species are considered to be exclusively from subterranean ecosystems, i.e., troglobionts. Trichoniscidae is the most diverse family. Seven species in the family Trichoniscidae and one species in the family Styloniscidae are described as new (all with Reboleira & Taiti as authors): Trichoniscoides bellesi sp. nov. from the Montejunto Massif; T. sicoensis sp. nov. from the Sicó Massif; Metatrichoniscoides salirensis sp. nov. from the typhonic valley of Caldas da Rainha; Troglonethes olissipoensis sp. nov. from the Lisbon Peninsula; T. arrabidaensis sp. nov. from the Arrábida Massif; Miktoniscus longispina sp. nov. from the Sicó Massif and Cesaredas Plateau; Moserius inexpectatus sp. nov. from the Estremenho Massif; and Cordioniscus lusitanicus sp. nov. from Alentejo and Algarve, the southernmost provinces of Portugal. The subgenus Trogleluma Vandel, 1946 (Armadillidiidae) is raised to genus level. In this geographic region terrestrial isopods are the richest group of cave-adapted animals. 

​Key words. Isopoda, new species, troglobiont, subterranean ecosystems, Iberian Peninsula.

Monograph reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S., Gonçalves F., Oromí P. & Taiti S. 2015. The cavernicolous Oniscidea (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Portugal. European Journal of Taxonomy 161: 1–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.58552/ejt. 2015.161

New troglobiont millipedes from Madeira lava tubes

4/4/2014

 
Insular species swarm goes underground: two new troglobiont Cylindroiulus millipedes from Madeira (Diplopoda: Julidae)
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Cylindroiulus oromii
ABSTRACT
Two new species of the genus Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894, C. julesvernei and C. oromii, are described from the subterranean ecosystem of Madeira Island, Portugal. Species are illustrated with photographs and diagrammatic drawings. The new species belong to the Cylindroiulus madeirae-group, an insular species swarm distributed in the archipelagos of Madeira and the Canary Islands. We discuss the differences between the new species and their relatives and present information on the subterranean environment of Madeira. An updated overview of the subterranean biodiversity of millipedes in Macaronesia is also provided.

Reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S. & Enghoff H. (2014). Insular species swarm goes underground: new troglobiont Cylindroiulus millipedes from Madeira (Diplopoda, Julidae). Zootaxa, 3785(3): 481-489.

Duvalius abyssimus

28/3/2014

 
A new species of Duvalius from world’s deepest cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
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ABSTRACT
The new hypogean ground beetle, Duvalius abyssimus n. sp., from Krubera-Voronja, world’s deepest cave (Arabika massif, Western Caucasus) is described and illustrated. Diagnostic morphological characters of the imago, male and female genitalia are provided. Its relations with other Duvalius Delarouzée species from the Western Caucasus geographic area are discussed. An updated overview of the biocoenosis of its peculiar habitat is made. 

Reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S. & Ortuño V.M. (2014). A new species of Duvalius from world’s deepest cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Zootaxa, 3784(3): 267-274.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.6


Read about it in the press:
Science - World's deepest cave holds chilly new bug
Science Daily - New species of beetle discovered in the world's deepest cave
Discovery - New Beetle Species Found in Deepest Known Cave
Sciences et Avenir - Un nouveau coléoptère dans la grotte la plus profonde du monde
Austrian Tribune - Scientists Discover New Species of Beetle in World's Deepest Cave
News.vn.ua - В найглибшій печері світу виявили жуків невідомого виду 
TVE - Hallan a una nueva especie de escarabajo en la sima más profunda del mundo
Diário de Notícias - Bióloga portuguesa descobre nova espécie de escaravelho
Público - Crónica de opinião de Rui Tavares, Nós não somos este escaravelho
TVI24 - Portuguesa descobre novo escaravelho no «maior abismo» da Terra

Humor about the discovery: New Species Discovered in world's deepest cave!

New species of subterranean millipede

12/11/2013

 

A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus Scutogona from central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae) 

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Scutogona minor
ABSTRACT
A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Scutogona Ribuat, 1913, S. minor n. sp., is described from caves of Sicó karst in central Portugal. The classification and delimitation of Scutogona vis-à-vis related genera, in particular Meinerteuma Mauriès, 1982, is discussed.

Reference:
Enghoff H. & Reboleira A.S.P.S. (2013). A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus Scutogona from central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae). Zootaxa, 3736(2), 175-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3736.2.5 

Three new species of cave pseudoscorpions from Portugal

12/6/2013

 
On hypogean Roncocreagris (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Portugal, with descriptions of three new species
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Roncocreagris occidentalis
ABSTRACT
Three new hypogean species of the Iberian genus Roncocreagris Mahnert, 1974 are described from mainland Portugal: R. borgesi sp. nov. and R. gepesi sp. nov. from caves in the Sicó massif, and R. occidentalis sp. nov. from caves in the Montejunto and Cesaredas karst plateau. This brings to nine the number of known hypogean species of the mostly Iberian genus Roncocreagris: five from Portugal and four from Spain. Ecological comments and new localities for some of the previously known species are also included. 

Reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S., Zaragoza J.A., Gonçalves F. & Oromí P. (2013). On hypogean Roncocreagris (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Portugal, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 3670(2), 283-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.11

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The new species Roncocreagris borgesi is dedicated to the portuguese entomologist Dr. Paulo Borges,  who has greatly contributed to the knowledge of the hypogean fauna of the Azores.

At right, Prof. Paulo Borges during the II Iberian Meeting of Subterranean Biology, organized in the University of Aveiro, 2011.

The new species Roncocreagris gepesi, is dedicated to the speleological association Grupo Protecção Sicó (GPS), for its contribution to the knowledge and protection of caves and karst of Sicó region, and as recognition to its members for their effort and support during our field work.

Read about it in Diário de Leiria.


Two new species of subterranean millipedes

20/5/2013

 
Subterranean species of Acipes Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae)
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ABSTRACT
Two new blind, cave-dwelling species of the genus Acipes Attems, 1937, are described from the Algarve, southern Portugal: A. machadoi n. sp. and A. bifilum n. sp. Acipes andalusius Enghoff & Mauriès, 1999, is reported from the mesovoid shallow substratum in Alicante (Spain), 250 km from the type locality in Andalusia. 

Reference: 
Enghoff H. & Reboleira A.S.P.S. (2013). Subterranean species of Acipes Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae). Zootaxa, 3652(4): 485-491. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3652.4.6    

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The species Acipes machadoi is the biggest of its genus, in analogy to its great size is dedicated to the memory of Dr. António de Barros Machado.

António de Barros Machado, Doctor honoris causa by the University of Porto, was the pioneer of cave biology in Portugal, aside of an extraordinary cave explorer. 

For biographic  information, please consult the dossier at Mário Soares Foundation.

New species of subterranean millipede

7/5/2013

 
The genus Boreviulisoma Brolemann, 1928—an Iberian-N African outlier of a mainly tropical tribe of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)
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Boreviulisoma barrocalense
ABSTRACT
The genus Boreviulisoma Brolemann, 1928, is revised. The synonymy of Liliputia Attems, 1952, under Boreviulisoma is confirmed, but L. badia Attems, 1951, from Spain, is resurrected, as Boreviulisoma badium, from synonymy under B. liouvilleiBrolemann, 1928 (the type species of Boreviulisoma) from Morocco. Boreviulisoma barrocalense n. sp. is described from the subterranean environment of the Algarve, the southernmost province of Portugal. The distribution of the three known species of Boreviulisoma is mapped, main characters of the genus and its species are reviewed and a key to species of the genus is included. The isolated occurrence of Boreviulisoma badium and B. barrocalense n. sp. in the southern Iberian Peninsula, together with B. liouvillei and Eviulisoma abadi Mauriès, 1985, in Morocco, as northern outposts of the chiefly Afrotropical-Neotropical tribe Eviulisomatini, is discussed.


Reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S. & Enghoff H. (2013). The genus Boreviulisoma Brolemann, 1928—an Iberian-N African outlier of a mainly tropical tribe of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa, 3646(5), 516–528. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3646.5.2

New genus and new species of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion

24/11/2012

 
Lusoblothrus, a new syarinid pseudoscorpion genus (Arachnida) from Portugal, occupying an isolated position within the Holarctic fauna
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Lusoblothrus aenigmaticus
ABSTRACT
The new pseudoscorpion genus Lusoblothrus of the family Syarinidae is described from a cave in the Algarve region, southern Portugal, to accommodate L. aenigmaticus sp. nov., whose morphological affinities within the Holarctic syarinid fauna are not clear and resembles the Gondwanan genera. This discovery emphasizes the relevance of the Algarve region as a hotspot for relictual hypogean fauna within the Iberian Peninsula.

Reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S., Zaragoza J.A., Gonçalves F. & Oromí P. (2012). Lusoblothrus, a new syarinid pseudoscorpion genus (Arachnida) from Portugal, occupying an isolated position within the Holarctic fauna. Zootaxa, 3544, 52-62.


Read about it:
Público (Portugal), É um pseudo-escorpião único e vive numa gruta do Algarve

New genus and new species of cave-dwelling Thysanuran

12/4/2012

 
Squamatinia algharbica gen. n. sp. n., a remarkable new Coletiniinae silverfish (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from caves in southern Portugal
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Squamatinia algharbica
ABSTRACT
A new genus of Coletiniinae silverfish (Nicoletiidae) similar to Coletinia Wygodzinsky and Lepidospora Escherich is described to accommodate the new species Squamatinia algharbica gen. n. sp. n. Many individuals were collected over all seasons of the year in four caves of the Algarve karst massif in the south of Portugal. An identification key for the known genera of Coletiniinae is provided, as well as some biogeographical and ecological comments.

Reference:
Reboleira A.S.P.S., Gonçalves F., Oromí P. & Mendes L.F. (2012). Squamatinia algharbica gen. n. sp. n., a remarkable new Coletiniinae silverfish (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from caves in southern Portugal. Zootaxa, 3260, 33-46.


Read about it:
SIC (Portugal), Maior insecto subterrâneo terrestre da Europa
Público (Portugal), Maior insecto subterrâneo da europa é do Algarve
Focus (Germany), Forscher entdecken Riesen-Silberfisch in Portugal

New species of cave-dwelling rove beetle

2/3/2011

 
On the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae): description of the first hypogean Domene Fauvel, from Portugal
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ABSTRACT
"Domene (Lathromene) lusitanica n. sp. from Sicó karstic massif in Portugal is described and compared with other species of the subgenus, representing the first hypogean rove beetle from mainland Portugal. A comparison between Domene lusitanica n. sp. and the other species of the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene is made using diagnostic characters. An identification key for the males ofLathromene species is presented, and biogeographical and ecological comments are also included. The species of Domene known from the Iberian Peninsula are listed and their distributions are mapped."

Reference:
Reboleira A.SP.S., Gonçalves F., Oromí P. (2011). On the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae): description of the first hypogean Domene Fauvel, from Portugal. Zootaxa, 2780, 48-56. 


Read news about it: 
Crónica de Mário Cláudio in Expresso
Portuguesa descobre escaravelho predador único no mundo - Expresso
Bióloga portuguesa descobre escaravelho predador - Ciência Hoje
Bióloga descobre escaravelho predador na serra do Sicó - Público
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