New species of Xiphoniscus and new record of Androdeloscia escalonai (Isopoda, Scutocoxifera, Oniscidea, Philosciidae) from Brazilian Amazon
Author
Grangeiro, Daniela C.
Author
Souza, Leila A.
Author
Christoffersen, Martin L.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-17
4350
2
journal volume
31412
10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.11
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1175-5326
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Genus
Xiphoniscus
Vandel, 1968
Type species:
Xiphoniscus mirabilis
Vandel, 1968
Diagnosis
(based on
Leistikow 2000b
). Species small, up to
4.5 mm
in length. Smooth tergal surface. Cephalothorax with linea supraantennalis; linea frontalis thin or absent; slight lateral lobes present; eyes with at most 8 ommatidia. Molar penicil of mandible with one prominent branch and up to four smaller ones. Mesal endite of first maxilla with two slender penicils; lateral endite bearing 4+4 or 5 teeth with inner set cleft. Maxilliped endite with one or two teeth caudally and knob-like “penicil” rostrally. Ornamental sensory spine of carpus of pereopod 1 with serrate double-fringe. Pereopods with inner claw of dactylus short and dactylar seta simple. Coxal plates I–VII with
noduli laterales
(on coxal plate IV,
nodulus
inserted more dorsally); coxal plates II with a spiny prolongation directed backward. Pleopods lacking respiratory areas; male pleopod 1 endopodite with apex bent laterally and with 3–4 lateral teeth directed proximally. Uropod protopodite grooved and endopodite inserting proximally relative to exopodite.