Biodiversidade em sete cavernas no Parque Estadual do Sumidouro (Lagoa Santa, MG).

O presente trabalho apresenta dados referentes à composição, riqueza, abundância, diversidade, dominância e similaridade em seis cavernas localizadas no Parque Estadual do Sumidouro, município de Lagoa Santa – MG. Foram observados 9051 indivíduos distribuídos em 175 morfoespécies pertencentes a pelo menos 87 famílias. A Gruta Túneis/Macumba apresentou a maior riqueza (78 espécies), seguida de Lapinha (75 espécies). A ordem que apresentou a maior riqueza foi Araneae (34 espécies) seguida de Diptera (32 espécies), contrastando com a ordem Neuroptera, que apresentou apenas uma espécie. Foram encontradas 2 espécies com características troglomórficas: Trichorhina sp. (Isopoda: Plathyartridae) ocorrendo na Gruta de Lapinha, Pacas e Helictites, e o ácaro Labidostomatidae (Acariforme), que foi encontrado somente na gruta da Lapinha. Este último requer atenção especial, dada sua distribuição restrita e população extremamente reduzida no interior da caverna, que possui visitação turística

Two new troglobitic Newportia (Newportia) from Brazil (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)

Ázara, Ludson Neves De, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes (2014): Two new troglobitic Newportia (Newportia) from Brazil (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Zootaxa 3881 (3): 267-278, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.3.

Two new troglobitic Newportia (Newportia) from Brazil (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)

Ázara, Ludson Neves De, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes (2014): Two new troglobitic Newportia (Newportia) from Brazil (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Zootaxa 3881 (3): 267-278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.3.

Cryptops Leach 1815

Genus Cryptops Leach, 1815 Type species: Scolopendra hortensis Donovan, 1810, by monotypy.Published as part of Ázara, Ludson Neves De & Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, 2014, Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor n. sp. a remarkable troglobitic species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Brazil, pp. 291-300 in Zootaxa 3826 (1) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/22636

The first troglobitic Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from South America and the description of a non-troglobitic species from Brazil

Ázara, Ludson Neves De, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes (2013): The first troglobitic Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from South America and the description of a non-troglobitic species from Brazil. Zootaxa 3709 (5): 432-444, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.5.

Annotated checklist of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores) associated with Brazilian caves

Ázara, Ludson Neves De, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes (2018): Annotated checklist of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores) associated with Brazilian caves. Zootaxa 4439 (1): 1-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4439.1.

Figure 5 in Revalidation of Obidosus Roewerı 1913 and description of two new cave-dwelling species of Protimesius Roewerı 1913 from Brazil (Opiliones: Stygnidae)

Figure 5. Protimesius lucifer sp. nov. male paratype (MNRJ 9251)ı (aıb) tibia and tarsus of right pedipalp: (a) ectal viewı (b) mesal view. Protimesius orcus sp. nov. male paratype (MNRJ 4279)ı (cıd) tibia and tarsus of right pedipalp: (c) ectal viewı (d) mesal view. Scale bars (aıb) = 1 mmı (c) = 200 µmı (d) = 500 µm.Published as part of <i>Osvaldo Villarreal, Ludson Neves de Ázara & Kury, Adriano Brilhante, 2019, Revalidation of Obidosus Roewerı 1913 and description of two new cave-dwelling species of Protimesius Roewerı 1913 from Brazil (Opiliones: Stygnidae), pp. 965-989 in Journal of Natural History 53 (15)</i> on page 972, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1620893, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3673222">http://zenodo.org/record/3673222</a&gt

Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor n. sp. a remarkable troglobitic species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Brazil

Ázara, Ludson Neves De, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes (2014): Cryptops (Cryptops) spelaeoraptor n. sp. a remarkable troglobitic species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3826 (1): 291-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.1

The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae)

The old genus Libitia Simon, 1879 of small Andean harvestmen is revisited. The monotypic genus Libitiella Roewer, 1947 is herein considered a junior subjective synonym of Libitia. Accordingly, Libitiella bipunctata (Sørensen, 1932) is restored to the combination Libitia bipunctata. The species Libitia cordata and Libitia bipunctata comb. nov. are redescribed and the new species Libitia gandalf sp. nov. and Libitia iguaque sp. nov. are herein described from Cordillera Oriental of Colombian Andes (Chingaza Natural Park and Iguaque Natural Park, respectively). The species Gonyleptes multimaculatus Wood 1869, currently under the synonymy of L. cordata, is revalidated and transferred to Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925 forming Paecilaemella multimaculata comb. nov., and the species Cynorta itacoaiensis H. Soares, 1970 is herein considered a junior subjective synonym of it. In addition, the second current species of the genus, Libitia fusca (Simon, 1879), is transferred to Metalibitia. Libitia is diagnosed based in genital and external morphology, an identification key of the four species and distribution maps are offered

FIGURE 1. A in Description of Mitogoniella mucuri sp. nov. (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) and considerations on polymorphic traits in the genus and Gonyleptidae

FIGURE 1. A) Atlantic Rainforest in the external area of the Loca do Ribeirão Anastácio cave, Novo Oriente de Minas, Minas Gerais State; B) Entrance of the cave in the main population of the new species was found; C) Mitogoniella mucuri sp. nov., living male specimen inside the cave