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May 2015 - April 2016
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- Postdoctoral
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- During the period, together with Dr. Stefano Taiti, we conduced researches about the diversity of the terrestrial crustaceans (Oniscidea) from Madagascar and Indian Ocean, and studies regarding the diversity of the group from Brazil, including caves
March 2009 - January 2011
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- Master's Student
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- Master thesis: Taxonomic revision of the genus Benthana with material deposited on Brazilian collections.
March 2008 - August 2008
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- Professor
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- Courses: Basic Genetics; Embriology and Zoology 2 (invertebrates). Concentrated courses.
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February 2011 - November 2014
March 2009 - January 2011
February 2003 - June 2008
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Terrestrial isopods are important to forest soils, breaking down decaying plant material and aiding in nutrient recycling. Despite their ecological significance, studies on their diversity and dynamics in Neotropical dry forests are limited. This research investigated the seasonality of the alpha and beta diversity of terrestrial isopod assemblages...
Two new species of Diploexochus are described, Diploexochus caciquesp. nov. from Cerro Bañaderos in Hatonuevo, La Guajira, and Diploexochus troglobiussp. nov. from Roca Madre Cave, Toluviejo, Sucre, both from the Tropical Dry Forest (TDF) areas of the Colombian Caribbean. The latter represent the first troglobitic species of the genus. Moreover, ba...
Three new troglobitic amphibious species of Xangoniscus (Styloniscidae) have been described from limestone caves of the Bambui Group semiarid ecosystems (Chacoan subregion) in the state of Bahia: Xangoniscus antiquussp. nov., X. chaimowiczisp. nov., and X. jonasisp. nov. Natural history information is provided for X. chaimowiczisp. nov. and X. jona...
Introduction: Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) play important roles in the ecological processes of the soil in tropical ecosystems and are employed as indicators of environmental impact. Despite their importance, studies on the ecology of this suborder in the Neotropics are scarce.
Objective: To assess spatial changes in alpha and beta diversity of...
The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classification. In this context, the B Brazilian meg...
The first freshwater amphibian representative of Crinocheta (Oniscidea) from the Neotropics is described from caves within the Brazilian Cerrado biome, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Kadiweuoniscus rebellis gen. et sp. nov. is placed in the family Philosciidae. The present work represents a significant contribution to future studies seeking to unders...
Two new species of terrestrial isopods are described from iron ore caves in Brazil, within the Amazon biome, Circoniscus mendesi López-Orozco, Campos-Filho & Bichuette sp. nov. and C. xikrin López-Orozco, Campos-Filho & Carpio-Díaz sp. nov. (Scleropactidae). In addition, the knowledge of the distribution of Ctenorillo ferrarai Campos-Filho, Araujo...
The present work describes 11 new species of the genus Trichorhina from Brazilian caves in the states of Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, and São Paulo. Moreover, the distribution of T. tomentosa has been expanded to include the states of Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais. Additionally, a distribution map and a key for all Brazilian specie...
Nineteen species of terrestrial isopods in the families Ligiidae, Tylidae, Detonidae, Trichoniscidae, Philosciidae, Halophilosciidae, Platyarthridae, Eubelidae, Trachelipodidae, Porcellionidae, Agnaridae, and Armadillidiidae are recorded from Colombia. Atlantoscia floridana, Buchnerillo neotropicalis, Ethelum americanum, Haplophthalmus danicus, Lit...
The Armadillidae are the most diverse family within the Oniscidea, widely distributed around the world. To date, only seven species of the family are known from Colombia. After the examination of a collection from the Colombian departments of Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Magdalena, Risaralda, Santander, and Sucre, eight species were recognized as bel...
Fourteen species of terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) from Brazilian karstic regions are described as new, i.e., Novamundoniscus mandacaru Campos-Filho, Araujo & Bichuette, n. sp. (Dubioniscidae), Diploexochus exu Campos-Filho, Sfenthourakis & Bichuette, n. sp., Gabunillo enfurnado Campos-Filho, Sfenthourakis & Bichuette, n. sp., Venezillo moreirai C...
Cyprus is a Mediterranean island of volcanic origin isolated for at least 5.3 Myr from surrounding continental areas. The present study focuses on the diversification of the isopod genus Schizidium within the island, including also specimens from surrounding continental areas. The genus Schizidium sensu lato is probably non monophyletic, comprising...
The present work aims to describe the first troglobitic terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea) from Peru. Caecopactes chullachaqui sp. nov. is described from Cueva de Palestina, Department of San Martín. The new species constitutes the third troglobitic taxon known for the country and extends the knowledge of the distribution of the genus.
The present work aims to morphologically characterize the species of Armadillo from Cyprus. Moreover, two new species of the genus are described, A. konstantinoui sp. nov. from several places along the island, and A. karametae sp. nov. from Pafos region. The circum-Mediterranean species A. officinalis is also redescribed.
The present work aims to describe a new species of Metaprosekia from siliciclastic caves from Caverna Nova and Caverna Ponte de Pedra, Utiariti Formation, Municipality of Diamantino, State of Mato Grosso. Metaprosekia utiariti n. sp. easily differs from the congeneric species in the shape of male pleopods 1 and 2. Moreover, a map illustrating the l...
A new genus of Pudeoniscidae from Peru is described, Loretoniscus gen. nov., including a new species: Loretoniscus mashiriaensis gen. et sp. nov. The new genus is characterized by pereonite 1 epimera without dorsolateral furrows, pereonites 1 and 2 without ventral lobes, telson with distal portion covering uropod endopods, and pleopod 1-2 exopods w...
Two new species of Pectenoniscus from two caves in karst areas of the Brazilian semiarid region are described. Pectenoniscus pankaru Campos-Filho, Torres & Bichuette, sp. nov. from Gruna do Govi cave, Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, and Pectenoniscus fervens Campos-Filho, Taiti & Bichuette, sp. nov. from Toca Coroa do Frade cave, Barra...
In this study, we report the results of a taxonomic survey of terrestrial isopods from Isla Grande, a ca 2 km2 island located in the north of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. We found a total of 17 species belonging to nine families and 10 genera. Eight of these species have been reported only from the Caribbean region, nine are recorded for the firs...
Two new troglobitic species of Xangoniscus are described from two caves of Serra do Ramalho karst area, Bambuí geomorphological group, state of Bahia. Xangoniscus lapaensis sp. nov. is described from Gruna Boca da Lapa cave, and X. loboi sp. nov. from Gruna da Pingueira II cave. Both species are blind and depigmented and show amphibious habits, as...
Eight species in the family Scleropactidae are recorded from Venezuela. Three species are described as new: Colomboscia venezuelana n. sp. from the departments of Aragua and Miranda, Globopactes cristalinae n. sp. from the department of Trujillo, and Globopactes mucuyensis n. sp. from the department of Mérida. Globopactes senex and Neosanfilippia v...
The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 includes 70 species distributed mainly in tropical regions, of which three species have been recorded from Colombia: Trigueirinho bermudezae Carpio-Díaz, López-Orozco and Campos-Filho, 2018, Trichorhina heterophthalma Lemos de Castro, 1964, and Trichorhina papillosa (Budde-Lund, 1893). The present work aims at...
The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 includes 70 species distributed mainly in tropical regions, of which three species have been recorded from Colombia: Trigueirinho bermudezae Carpio-Díaz, López-Orozco and Campos-Filho, 2018, Trichorhina heterophthalma Lemos de Castro, 1964, and Trichorhina papillosa (Budde-Lund, 1893). The present work aims at...
Th e genus Ischioscia Verhoeff , 1928 is one of the most diverse genera in the Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857. To date, the genus comprises 26 species distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of the Neotropical region. In this work three new species from Serranía de Perijá, Andean Cordillera, Colombian Caribbean, are described: Ischioscia herrerai...
The genus Ischioscia Verhoeff, 1928 is one of the most diverse genera in the Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857.
To date, the genus comprises 26 species distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of the Neotropical
region. In this work three new species from Serranía de Perijá, Andean Cordillera, Colombian Caribbean,
are described: Ischioscia herrerai L...
Two species of Oniscidea are recorded for the state of Paraíba for the first time. Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833 from Campina Grande and Cabaceiras and Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) from Campina Grande. Moreover, Alloniscus buckupi Campos-Filho & Cardoso, 2018 and Atlantoscia floridana (Van Name, 1940) have their distribution extended, and...
After the examination of a large collection of Oniscidea from caves in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Pará, Sergipe and São Paulo, 12 species were recognized in the families Philosciidae and Scleropactidae. Four new species are described: Alboscia jotajota sp. nov. from the Açungui group; Androdeloscia akuanduba sp. nov. and Amazonisc...
Two species of bopyrid isopods from the subfamily Athelginae are recorded from new localities in northeastern Brazil. Parathelges foliatus Markham, 1972 was recorded for the first time from Brazil, in the state of Ceará, parasitising the hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Randall, 1840). Pseudostegias atlantica Lemos de Castro, 1965 is recorded f...
Terrestrial isopods are one of the most diverse groups in the subterranean environment. To date, 39 oniscidean species are known from Brazilian caves; however, this number falls far short of the real diversity of the group, because even in the best studied areas new records are still frequent. During the last years many surveys in several caves fro...
To date, approximately 190 species of terrestrial isopods are known from Brazil and only 14 are considered troglobiotic. After the examination of a large collection from caves in Bambuí and Una geomorphological areas, along the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais and Goiás, two new troglobiotic species were recognized. Pectenoniscus liliae Campos-Filho,...
To date, 17 species of terrestrial isopods are recorded from the Colombian Caribbean. During recent surveys in the Botanical Garden of Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”, Turbaco, Bolívar, Colombia, six species were recognized, belonging to the families Philosciidae, Scleropactidae, Platyarthridae and Armadillidae, of which three are new to the science,...
To date, 17 species of terrestrial isopods are recorded from the Colombian Caribbean. During recent surveys in the Botanical Garden of Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”, Turbaco, Bolívar, Colombia,
six species were recognized, belonging to the families
Philosciidae, Scleropactidae, Platyarthridae and Armadillidae, of which three are new to the science,...
All species of Brazilian terrestrial isopod known up to date, including references and distribution information, are listed. The list comprises 189 valid species, 135 of which are endemic to the country, 22 are recorded also from other countries in the Americas, 20 are introduced, and 12 have circumtropical or pantropical distributions.
The genus Novamundoniscus includes eight species with distribution in Brazil and Venezuela. The new species Novamundoniscus adhara Campos-Filho & Cardoso sp. nov. from the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil, is described, which represents the first record to the family for the state of Tocantins.
Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) comprise more than 3,700 species distributed in almost all types of the terrestrial habitats, including caves. About 300 troglobiotic species are known, mostly in the northern hemisphere. In South America, Brazil has the highest number of recorded caves, approximately 15,000 (7% of the total estimated, ca. 100,000)....
The use of molecular data in association with classical taxonomy has helped to alleviate the taxonomic impediment through the discovery, delimitation and description of new species. Terrestrial isopods are the largest suborder of Isopoda; however, there are very few active taxonomists in this group and a representative part of the terrestrial isopo...
The new species Cylindroniscus platoi n. sp. is herein described. As far as known, the species occurs only in three caves developed in a continuous limestone outcrop at Pedro Leopoldo municipality, Minas Gerais State. Cylindroniscus platoi n. sp. is regarded as an endemic troglobite based on its limited distribution and on non-obvious troglomorphis...
The new species Cylindroniscus platoi n. sp. is herein described. As far as known, the species occurs only in three caves developed in a continuous limestone outcrop at Pedro Leopoldo municipality, Minas Gerais State. Cylindroniscus platoi n. sp. is regarded as an endemic troglobite based on its limited distribution and on non-obvious troglomorphis...
The genus Alloniscus Dana, 1854 includes 23 known species occurring
exclusively in littoral habitats. The genus has never been recorded from the
Atlantic coastal region of the Americas. This work describes the new species
Alloniscus buckupi n. sp. from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, and provides the
first record of the genus from the Atlantic coasta...
The Neotropical genus Brasiloniscus, erected by Lemos de Castro (1973), is revised and validated herein. The genus was originally described including two species, B. maculatus and B. verrucosus, but no type species was designated. According to § 13 of ICZN (1999) the name of the genus is therefore unavailable. Both species are redescribed, and B. m...
Although new methods and data are conquering space in the field of taxonomy, such as integrative taxonomy, most terrestrial isopod species are still described based only on morphology. Species of the genus Atlantoscia Ferrara and Taiti, 1981 were the first and are the unique terrestrial isopods from the Neotropics for which a molecular phylogeny wa...
Tthe presentation deals with the current knowledge of cave-dwelling terrestrial isopods in South America, including trobionts
To date, the family Pudeoniscidae includes six species and three genera, Pudeoniscus, Brasiloniscus and Iansaoniscus, with distributions restricted to Brazil. Here, we redefine the family Pudeoniscidae based on the discovery of a new genus and two new species, Oxossioniscus pataxo sp. nov. and Oxossioniscus akoko sp. nov., from the Brazilian Atlant...
The new species Cylindroniscus flaviae Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti is described from several caves
in the Açungui karst area, Iporanga, state of São Paulo, Brazil. This discovery considerably enlarges the
distribution of the genus, previously known from Cuba and Mexico. The genus Cylindroniscus is placed in the
family Styloniscidae in consideratio...
The new species Cylindroniscus flaviae Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti is described from several caves in the Açungui karst area, Iporanga, state of São Paulo, Brazil. This discovery considerably enlarges the distribution of the genus, previously known from Cuba and Mexico. The genus Cylindroniscus is placed in the family Styloniscidae in consideratio...
Approximately 170 species of terrestrial isopods are known from Brazil, but only 12 are considered troglobionts. The family Pudeoniscidae comprises four species in two genera, Brasiloniscus and Pudeoniscus. After the examination of material collected in caves in the state of Bahia, a new genus and two new species have been recognized, Iansaoniscus...
A large collection of terrestrial isopods from different Brazilian regions was examined. Two new species of Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967 (Scleropactidae) are described: A. zimmeri Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Araujo sp. nov. from the state of Pará and A. schmidti Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Taiti sp. nov. from the state of Minas Gerais. Pseudotyp...
A new species of Pulmoniscus Leistikow, 2001 from Department of Bolívar, Colombia, is described. It constitutes the first record of the genus for the country and for the continental portion of the Neotropics. Pulmoniscus turbanaensis n. sp. is distinguished by the male pereopod 7 ischium with concave sternal margin and the shape of the male pleopod...
The genus Androdeloscia includes 24 Neotropical species distributed in Central and South
America. This study describes the new species Androdeloscia colombiana sp. nov. from El
Chorro, Soplaviento, and from the Botanical Garden Guillermo Piñeres, Turbaco, Bolívar,
Colombia. This is the first record of the genus in Colombia.
Before the present study, the genus Dubioniscus included four species occurring in Central and South Americas. The examination of Dubioniscus delamarei, D. marmoratus and D. negreae allowed us to revise the genus and to move D. goeldii to Calycuoniscus. Moreover, two new species are described, D. depressus n. sp. from the state of São Paulo, and D....
A second amphibian species of terrestrial isopods in the genusXangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 and two new species of Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 are described from the Bambuí karst area in the state of Minas Gerais. Xangoniscus odara n. sp. and Trichorhina cipoensis n. sp. were collected in Lapa do Cipó cave, municipality of Itacara...
The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 in Brazil includes 22 described species, four of which occur in caves. The present work aims at describing the first cave species for the state of Paraná. Trichorhina kaingangi n. sp. was collected in Água Boa cave, municipally of Almirante Tamandaré, and Ermida Paiol do Alto cave, municipally of Adrianópolis,...
The neotropical genus Benthana (Philosciidae) is reviewed. Fourteen species are redescribed: Benthana picta, B. olfersii, B. longicornis, B. schubarti, B. albomarginata, B. werneri, B. santosi, B. longipenis, B. bocainensis, B. moreirai, B. dimorpha, B. iporangensis, B. sulcata, and B. longicaudata. Additional characters were proposed for B. convex...
Identification to the species level using morphology is challenging when usual diagnostic characters are similar amongst related taxa. Within the Neotropical genus Atlantoscia, differences between nominal species are generally small and restricted to a few characters. Despite the power of DNA sequencing to identify and distinguish between species,...
Identification to the species level using morphology is challenging when usual diagnostic characters are similar amongst related taxa. Within the Neotropical genus Atlantoscia, differences between nominal species are generally small and restricted to a few characters. Despite the power of DNA sequencing to identify and distinguish between species,...
To date, six species of terrestrial isopods were known from Brazilian caves, but only four could be classified as troglobites. This article deals with material of Oniscidea collected in many Brazilian karst caves in the states of Pará, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo, and deposited in the collections of the Museu de Zoologia,...
The genus Benthana includes 25 species with distribution in Brazil and Paraguay. In this paper
we describe a new species from the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, and provide new
records for Benthana cairensis Sokolowicz, Araujo & Boelter, 2008, Benthana longicornis
Verhoeff, 1941, Benthana moreirai Lemos de Castro, 1985, Benthana picta (B...
The neotropical genus Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 includes three species, A. floridana Van Name, 1940, occurring in coastal regions of Florida (USA), Brazil, Argentina, and Ascension and Saint Helena islands, A. rubromarginata Araujo & Leistikow, 1999 and A. petronioi Campos-Filho, Contreira and Lopes-Leitzke, 2012 from Brazil. Two new specie...
Two new species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 are described from material collected in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Paraná, Brazil. Benthana schmalfussi n. sp. is distinguished by the shape of the male pleopod 1 exopod, whereas Benthana guayanas n. sp. is distinguished by the noduli laterales d/c coordinates and shape of the male pleopod 1 exopo...
Two new species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 are described from material collected in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Parana´, Brazil. Benthana schmalfussi n. sp. is distinguished by the shape of the male pleopod 1 exopod, whereas Benthana guayanas n. sp. is distinguished by the noduli laterales d/c coordinates and shape of the male pleopod 1 exop...
The neotropical genus Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 includes three species, A. floridana Van Name,
1940, occurring in coastal regions of Florida (USA), Brazil, Argentina, and Ascension and Saint Helena islands, A. rubromarginata Araujo & Leistikow, 1999 and A. petronioi Campos-Filho, Contreira and Lopes-Leitzke, 2012 from Brazil. Two new specie...
To date the genus Atlantoscia Ferrara and Taiti, 1981 includes two species, A. floridana (van Name, 1940) and A. rubromarginata Araujo and Leistikow, 1999. The species Atlantoscia petronioi sp.n. is described on the basis of material collected in a coastal dune forest area of the southern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. This new species is charact...
Sete espécies novas de Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 são descritas, seis do sudeste do Brasil, T. biumbonata sp. nov., T. lenkoi sp. nov., T. myrmecophila sp. nov., T. orensis sp. nov., T. sexdens sp. nov. e T. tropidocerata sp. nov., e uma do Centro-Oeste, T. crassisetae sp. nov. São fornecidos uma diagnose emendada para o gênero e chave para as 19...
The South America Scleropactidae includes 53 nominal species distributed in 14 genera. In Brazil, there are 16 species recorded in the north and southeast regions. Here, two new species of Scleropactidae are described based on material collected in caves in the state of Pará, both troglobitic and allocated in the genus Circonis-cus. Circoniscus buc...
The Neotropical genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 includes 22 species, three of them allocated to the subgenus Benth-anoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958. A new species is described from the state of Paraná, Brazil. This new species is distin-guished from its congeners by having 8+2 aesthetascs on the antennula, the first article of the antennal flagellum u...
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 unp...
